3 Quotes by Joan Countryman

It's a way of clearing the palate. Kids come into the classroom with all this other stuff in their hands. If they write it down for 10 minutes they become much more available for whatever it is we want to do in the class.

I was determined to get them away from the idea that their education is a private experience.

What are any of the disciplines but a way in which people trying to make sense of the world or the universe?