Quotes: A Novelist Turned Substitute Teacher Wants To End Homework, Too

Knowing how to paddle a canoe, or fix a faucet, or work a cash register, or bake a coffeecake, or comfort someone who is unhappy, is much more important than knowing the names of the six kingdoms of living organisms, or the layers of the atmosphere, even if you’re going to become a naturalist or an atmospheric physicist.

- Nicholson Baker in the NYT (What I Learned as a Substitute Teacher)