When Parents Die, All Of The Partings

Fear Is Not A Good Teacher. The Lessons Of Fear Are Quickly Forgotten.

Traditionally In American Society, Men Have Been Trained For Both Competition And Teamwork Through Sports, While Women Have Been Reared To Merge Their Welfare With That Of The Family, With Fewer Opportunities For Either Independence Or Other Team Identifications, And Fewer Challenges To Direct Competition. In Effect, Women Have Been Circumscribed Within That Unit Where The Benefit Of One Is Most Easily Believed To Be The Benefit Of All.

In Many Ways, Constancy Is An Illusion. After All, Our Ancestors Were Immigrants, Many Of Them Moving On Every Few Years; Today We Are Migrants In Time. Unless Teachers Can Hold Up A Model Of Lifelong Learning And Adaptation, Graduates Are Likely To Find Themselves Trapped Into Obsolescence As The World Changes Around Them. Of Any Stopping Place In Life, It Is Good To Ask Whether It Will Be A Good Place From Which To Go On As Well As A Good Place To Remain.

Improvisation Can Be Either A Last Resort Or An Established Way Of Evoking Creativity.

Worlds Can Be Found By A Child And An Adult Bending Down And Looking Together Under The Grass Stems Or At The Skittering Crabs In A Tidal Pool.