When You Go To A Football Game

Theodor Geisel (otherwise Known As Dr. Seuss) Spent His Workdays Ensconced In His Private Studio, The Walls Lined With Sketches And Drawings, In A Bell-tower Outside His La Jolla, California, House. Geisel Was A Much More Quiet Man Than His Jocular Rhymes Suggest. He Rarely Ventured Out In Public To Meet His Young Readership, Fretting That Kids Would Expect A Merry, Outspoken, Cat In The Hat–like Figure, And Would Be Disappointed With His Reserved Personality. “in Mass, [children] Terrify Me,” He Admitted.

You're Told That You're In Your Head Too Much, A Phrase That's Often Deployed Against The Quiet And Cerebral. Or Maybe There's Another Word For Such People: Thinkers.

It's As If They Have Thinner Boundaries Separating Them From Other People's Emotions And From The Tragedies And Cruelties Of The World.

The Purpose Of School Should Be To Prepare Kids For The Rest Of Their Lives, But Too Often What Kids Need To Be Prepared For Is Surviving The School Day Itself.

So Stay True To Your Own Nature. If You Like To Do Things In A Slow And Steady Way, Don't Let Others Make You Feel As If You Have To Race. If You Enjoy Depth, Don't Force Yourself To Seek Breadth. If You Prefer Single-tasking To Multi-tasking, Stick To Your Guns. Being Relatively Unmoved By Rewards Gives You The Incalculable Power To Go Your Own Way.