“You need something stronger than a bunch of friends who have loose agreements.” (Doctorow 217)

As I was working in the lab last week I had a chance to talk to Katie.  We discussed our interest in the education system and how we had taken some classes with the same teacher in the past, but never together.  She worries about the education that her child is recieving, she would like to do what is best for them.  I began thinking as I was talking to Katie about the importance of the individual, the person behind the test result.  Why do people have to be turned against each other?  Education shouldn’t be a competetion.  Katie and I had such similar interests and I’m excited to begin working with her

“Rides are a lot of fun, Perry.  Your ride, it’s amazing.  But I don’t want to ride a ride for the rest of my life, and Landon is a ride that doesn’t stop.  You can’t get off.” (Doctorow 205)