Thomas Armstrong Quotations

The conscientious decisions we make to serve the community don't always serve the 50 percent law,

The college's first priority is not meeting the 50 percent law. It's meeting community needs.

I need 2,000 pounds of rice, 1,000 pounds of beans, I need cooking oil, I need money for fuel -- I need everything.

Fresh eggs, grits in the morning, red beans for lunch, smoked sausage we're getting.

I'm going to feed 'em with the food I get in Connecticut.

I believe that all genial classrooms share at least five characteristics that guide their instruction regardless of content or grade level. These characteristics are (1) freedom to choose, (2) open-ended exploration, (3) freedom from judgment, (4) honoring every student's experience, and (5) belief in every student's genius.

From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius.

I’m alarmed that to think than modern science may be turning creativity into a medical disorder

When they see the Spirit of Connecticut coming, they'll know they're going to get good food coming.