Innovators-in-training Gifts

'...and, if your idea is so imaginative, innovative and original, why aren't our competitors doing it?'

The Bookworm

Edison: The Early Years,

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

'Your classroom management techniques work in practice but not in theory. That worries me.'

"This is a test. This is only a test. IF this had been the real world it'd be your job you'd be fighting for, not a letter of the alphabet."

Mr. Defner's drive-in algebra class was retro cool, controversial and somewhat effective.

"I hate negative numbers, and I'll stop at nothing to avoid them."

Technologies and distance classes

'This handheld computer is very useful for teaching. It displays my lesson plan, calander, key files, and an extensive menu of put-downs for hecklers and classroom clowns.'

"I believe that's a Montessori school."

"Today in class we're going to create a physics teacher."

Zorro as a child.

"Before you grade my test, keep in mind, my dream is to become a wealthy doctor, just like my available father"

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

'They say my tests are too hard. Maybe I should switch from Essay to Connect-the-Dot.'

'I'm studying how other geniuses handled creative blocks.'

I don't get the 5 paragraph essay. Do and outline. Topic. 3 examples. Conclusion. Ok. " 5 Graf Essay Stinks." Click click click. "2 long." Tap tap tap. "2 boring." "2 over." "#5grafmustdie." Thanks, Nana. It's a breakthrough! The 5-paragraph tweet!

A martial arts student saws a block of wood in half

Great coaching is about being specific with feedback.

'I will now read the results of my experiments in fruit genetics. . .'

Education Plan

'You're being evacuated to a better catchment area.'

"It's one mile as the crow flies, ten miles as the lost hiker bushwhacks."

'Let's put it this way, your Billy is the only kid in class without his own website,,,'

Student to Miss Belcastro, her history teacher: 'We need some newer history.'

'In which on-line university will you enroll?'

'A...B...C...D...E...' - Graffiti on classroom wall.

Looking inside the internal maze,

"I wish school was more like TV."

"I asked the parents to get involved more and now they're home-schooling."

"We want him to skip joined-up writing and get straight on to 3D printing."

'Having done the mentoring skills questionnaire I think I need a mentor to mentor me in improving my mentoring.'

'I find the best way to stop students from always talking to each other in class, is to keep asking questions. Then they have nothing to say.'

'Because they don't have Montessori Schools for dogs.'