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Frankly, I'm Not Sure How Far I Would Get If I Attended Public School Today. It's Not Just That Public Schools Aren't Producing The Results We Want - It's That We're Not Giving Them What They Need To Help Students Achieve At High Levels. K-12 Education In The United States Is Deeply Antiquated.

Someone Once Told Me I'm A Sore Winner, And They're Right. I Rarely Take More Than A Moment To Enjoy A Success Before I'm Moving On And Looking For The Next Challenge.

I Am Old Enough To Remember When America's K-12 Public Schools Were The Best In The World. I Am A Proud Graduate Of Them, And I Credit Much Of My Success To What I Learned In Detroit Public Schools And At Michigan State University.

My Wife Was The First Art Collector In The Family, And I Didn't Become Interested Until Around 1973. The First Important Artwork We Bought Was A Van Gogh Drawing Of Two Peasant Houses In Saintes-maries-de-la-mer.

While I Am Proud Of A Number Of Accomplishments, There Are Real Costs To Being Unreasonable. Long Hours. Too Little Time With Family. A Near Incapacity For, As They Say, Stopping And Smelling The Roses.