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Most of us are doing the best we can, but our best is often not very good, or not good enough, so we need to be kind and forgiving of each other, and of ourselves.

Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned. We’re fiddling while the entire planet burns.

Lasting values

The arts, ideas, natural beauty, and good conversation provide lasting pleasure.

Goethe on Beethoven

He “may not be wrong to find the world detestable, but in doing so certainly does not make it more enjoyable either for himself or for others.”

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The world will be a better place if everyone, all the time, respects human rights and the rule of law—especially when our emotions pull us most strongly in the opposite direction.

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I have been teaching secondary school English since 1980 in the United States, Morocco, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and China in public, private, and international schools. I am also the author of Good Habits, Good Students: A Complete Guide for Students Who Want to Succeed.

After living and teaching in Suzhou, China from 2004 - 2015, I spent three years in Salem, Oregon, where my teaching career began. Currently I am living in Victoria, BC, and working at Brookes Westshore School.

我是四海游龙.