Includes index.

Distinguished visitors -- Original seeking and the voyage of self-discovery -- Unlearning all the time -- The code cracker and the information hound -- Hebetudinous -- Potato-heads -- A travel excursion of the mind -- Dodge ball -- Stickball -- Perfection -- Geese -- ADTD (No, it's not a typo) -- Learning about learning: conversations with my violin -- Life companions -- The Oxford secret -- Flow I, "Don't worry, be happy" -- Testing, 1-2-3 -- Beans! -- Buy nothing! -- Social studies--The courage of our questions: I A curriculum on a plate ; II A question in the car ; III Embracing the song of the world -- Armand Berliner -- Flow II, The teenage edition -- Cilia! -- The success of public education -- On forgiveness -- The violin bow.