An Individual Understands A Concept, Skill, Theory,

Distinguish Between The Work And The Job Title. When I Was Leaving School In The Early 1970s, Many People Wanted To Be Journalists, Carrying Out Investigative Reporting For Print Newspapers. Print Newspapers May Not Exist In Twenty Years. But Good Thinking And Good Writing About Issues That Need To Be Reported And Investigated Will Always Be Needed; But Where This Happens, What It Is Called, And Who Pays For It May Be Quite Different Than Could Have Been Envisioned By The Great Journalists Of The Past.

We Should Spend Less Time Ranking Children And More Time Helping Them To Identify Their Natural Competencies And Gifts And Cultivate These. There Are Hundreds And Hundreds Of Ways To Succeed And Many, Many Different Abilities That Will Help You Get There.

I Think That Any Important Educational Goal Can Be Realized Via Several Routes.

Teachers Must Be Encouraged - I Almost Said 'freed', To Pursue An Education That Strives For Depth Of Understanding.

One Must Exploit The Asynchronies That Have Befallen One, Link Them To A Promising Issue Or Domain, Reframe Frustrations As Opportunities, And, Above All, Persevere.