As we celebrate IDRA’s 50th anniversary this year, we are re-releasing chapters from our founder’s popular memoir, All Pianos Have Keys and Other Stories, that is now out of print. Watch our social media accounts and this page for each new release. All Pianos Have Keys and Other Stories By José A. Cárdenas, Ed.D., Summer 1994 Table of Contents Preface Personal Stories All Pianos Have Keys Missing the Bus Typing for Bill Crane The Rules of Golf Mister Roebuck Lana Turner in South Texas The Rebirth of Bustamante El Tumio Tobin Professional Anecdotes Silence of the Lambs The Epidemic that Never Was Jesus Christ Was Not Bilingual The Shape of the World My Mother Went to Town One Minute of Silence Bilingual Onions My Side of the Story The Molly Bee Syndrome The Verbs A Measure of Progress The Dining Room Table Educational Topics My School: Budget Monitoring At Its Best The Road to Indio King Antonio’s Exile Fiesta San Antonio And Human Rights The Fifty Most Memorable Quotes in School Finance My Magnificent Twenty Mike the Knife The Analogy of the Amoeba Basics of Motivation