You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless…

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It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is...

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is...

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and...

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and...

They took my mother's stomach out six months ago.

They took my mother's stomach out six months ago.

People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange.

People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange.

Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means...

Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means...

So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention,...

So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention,...

And that's actually the brunt of what we do is, people going straight from their...

And that's actually the brunt of what we do is, people going straight from their...

The house is a factory.

The house is a factory.

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day,...

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day,...

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month,...

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month,...

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention,...

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention,...

Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree...

Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree...

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was...

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was...

But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And...

But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And...

I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were...

I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were...

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the...

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the...

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to...

I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to...

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then...

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then...