Savvy administrators can meet the needs of teachers and, at the same time, set the tone for a wonderful school year by visiting classrooms those first days and weeks routinely and regularly, making sure teachers can focus on providing
excellent instruction instead of having to hunt down, for example, five additional chairs or a working projector.
The focal point around which the entire argument of this book revolves is that the cardinal goal of
instruction in whatever field, from physics to etiquette to race relations, should be the development of loyalty to what is
excellent,
instead of success in satisfying desires.