The spirit of Woody Guthrie lives in the heart of Chris Chandler.
The answer to most questions can be given in one or two words, and no one will challenge you to go deeper.
If I memorize enough stuff, I can get a good grade.
The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.
"Thinking" is not something we talk about.
If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.
The teacher is the only one worth listening to.
There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course they were not.
We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out that by working with Iran on this nuclear deal, we were better able to address other issues.
Music, great music, distends the spirit, arouses profound emotions and almost naturally invites us to raise our minds and hearts to God in all situations of human existence, the joyful and the sad. Music can become prayer.
Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.