David Guterson Quotes (1956-)

“Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”

“The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs.”

“We should recognize that schools will never solve the bedrock problems of education because the problems are problems of families, of cultural pressures that the schools reflect and thus cannot really remedy.”