Perceptions hold the key to life and living, as it becomes one's reality. As you read this book, I encourage you to consider the power of perception and words and how they frame our interactions based on past experiences. Whether you're a student, teacher, administrator, parent, or other educational stakeholder, the lens through which you view education (and the world in general) influences your place in it. Therefore, to enact positive change in our educational system, we must first change our perception and the words we use to define and describe it.

"Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes." - Desmond Tutu

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world." - Harriet Tubman

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but so are love, self-esteem, truth, happiness, and optimism." - Anonymous

"Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind" - Romans 12:2 KJV

"You are what you repeatedly do, Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle