Commonplace Entries

...three hidden rules in poverty are the following: The noise level is high (the TV is almost always on, and everyone may talk at once), the most important information is nonverbal, and one of the main values of an individual to the group is an ability to entertain.
~Ruby Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A Cognitive Approach, p. 10

If you don't love the work you're doing, you'll get sick- physically, mentally, or spiritually. Eventually, you'll make others sick, too.
~Lorraine Monroe, Nothing's Impossible: Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom, p. 34