“You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.”

“Here, let me break it down for you,so you know what I say is true:Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?”

“Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.”

“Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.”

“We're the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago!”

“How can you study geometry and not believe in a god? A god of perfect points and planes, surrounded by angels and angles of all different degrees...”

“By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.”