Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!

Too often, our most vulnerable students - English-language learners, immigrants, poor kids, teenage parents, students with behavioral problems and learning disabilities - fall through the cracks.

Reading has helped motivate me to become a spokesperson for programs like the WrestleMania Reading Challenge. It has motivated me to become more involved in my community and to keep learning new things.