We Need To Focus On The Kind

I Am Knowledgeable Enough About The World Of Prizes To Realize That There Is A Large Degree Of Luck - Both For The Recognitions That You Receive And Those That You Did Not.

An Individual Understands A Concept, Skill, Theory, Or Domain Of Knowledge To The Extent That He Or She Can Apply It Appropriately In A New Situation.

Emile Zola Was A Poor Student At His School At Aix. We Are All So Different Largely Because We All Have Different Combinations Of Intelligences. If We Recognize This, I Think We Will Have At Least A Better Chance Of Dealing Appropriately With Many Problems That We Face In The World.

If One Develops Good Habits And Routines, It Is Possible To Be A Responsible Educator Most Of The Time; And To Marshal The Special Energies And Reflection For Those Times, When The Correct Course Of Action Is Not Clear, Or When One Is Weighing One Wrong Against Another Wrong.

I Don't Think That It Is Necessary To Rethink Curricular Goals. But It Is Certainly Worth Thinking About Whether These Goals Can Be Reached In Multiple Ways.