Everything I Need to Know . . .

If I believed in standardized testing and were the benevolent dictator, these would be the requirements for graduating from kindergarten and having access to any amount of money and power:

1) Clean up after yourself.
2) Share.
3) Before you take something that's not yours, ask (and say 'please' and 'thank you').
4) Don't break things (especially if it's not yours).
5) No name-calling.
6) Keep your hands to yourself (unless someone wants a hug).
7) Say 'sorry' (even if it's less than half your fault).

If everyone lived this way, we would have a much lower incidence of problems like pollution, landfills, poverty, crime, divorce, and war. Imagine that!