David Perkins Quotations

Parramatta are only looking at under-15s, unless there is someone exceptional,

Sometimes the Good is the enemy of the BEST!

One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving.

Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems.

Education ultimately depends on what happens in classrooms... between teachers and learners. That is fundamental.'... 'I hope that teachers will discover the optimism and direction to combat the energy - draining pressures and frustrations of most educational settings.

Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If they aren't nourished, they'll fade away.

We know at lot more now than the 'last time around the 1960s and 1970s - about how to work for smart schools... ' 'The smart school finds it's foundation in a rich and evolving set of principles about human thinking and learning.'

Learning is a consequence of thinking.

The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths, identifies weaknesses, points up principles, offers guiding and often inspiring imagery, and decides what kind of practice to emphasize.

In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen.

Now, gas prices, ... they go to $10 to the gallon, we're still coming to the races.

There was one main road ... packed for weeks, bumper-to-bumper... with U.S. convoys ... pushing toward Baghdad,

I want to see things such as a buffer zone to protect the property values of the homes around the area.

I just want to help. I'm an American and want to do whatever I can to assist these people. There is nothing in it for me except the knowledge that we tried, in our own way, to help.

By then (15) they have had their own kids in their development programme for two years. They prefer our kids to finish their schooling in New Zealand.

Collectors continue to provide great feedback about the Box Set release and two of the things they continued to ask for were the introduction of dual-autograph cards and the continuation of the low numbered green autograph cards they saw in the 2004 releases. We were pleased to respond to this feedback and believe this set will build on the success of the previous releases.

This is a hazard on so many levels, ... Think if you were a neighbor and were feeling down, you might look at this mess and say, gee, just one car in my yard isn't so bad. The next thing you know, the entire neighborhood looks like this.