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"I had to live my life as productively as I could, despite what people would say behind my back."
"If you want the speaker to sound warm and welcoming, spend an hour with her, hear her voice, and capture it on paper."
"The conventional wisdom is that you have to make him perfect. But today, humanity is more important than perfection."
"If you start feeling sorry for yourself, if you point fingers and get angry at this person or that, what good does it do?"
"I felt free to express my opinions. But if I was going to make a speech and I was talking about policy, I'd choose my words carefully."
"The worst thing you can do is formulate paragraph-long answers in advance. Keep it simple, stupid."

Bobby Jackson has taught students in the Aransas County school district about the Plains Indians, the Battle of San Jacinto, and Spindletop since the state celebrated its sesquicentennial. How he does it bears no resemblance to the class I took when I was stuck in middle school.
The best way to enjoy a mud cat.

