We Cannot Hope To Create A Sustainable

The Task We All Face As Human Beings ... Is To Find And Become Who We Are. The Task Teachers Face Is To Find Their Own Way Of Teaching, One That Manifests Who They Are.

A Very Poor Kid Came Up To Me After A Talk And Said 'i Want To Go Blow Up A Factory.' I Asked How Old He Was And He Said 17. I Said 'have You Ever Had Sex?' He Said 'no.' I Said 'just Remember If You Get Caught You Aren't Going To Have Sex For Twenty Years At Least.' That's Not Saying That One Person Having Sex Is Worth The Salmon. I'm Not Saying It's A Reason Not To Act, I'm Saying Don't Be Stupid.

Violence, And Evil, Doesn't Always Come Dressed In Black, And It Doesn't Always Look Like Charles Manson. Nor Does It Always Come To Us As Obvious And Arrogant[...]. Often It Comes To Us With The Simple Plea To Be Reasonable.

You Can Rarely Prove Something To Someone Who Does Not Want To See It Proven, And Even More To The Point, You Can Almost Never Prove Something To Someone Who Has Financial Or Ideological Reasons To Not See It Proven.

I've Since Come To Understand The Reason School Lasts Thirteen Years. It Takes That Long To Sufficiently Break A Child's Will. It Is Not Easy To Disconnect Children's Wills, To Disconnect Them From Their Own Experiences Of The World In Preparation For The Lives Of Painful Employment They Will Have To Endure.