Always desire to learn something useful.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Only the educated are free.
I can, therefore I am.
Never complain and never explain.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.