In this address, the author engages both with the possibility "and" the impossibility of the educational project--and suggests something of what it means to say this. His presentation is specifically addressed to the theme of the (im)possibility of the educational project. He draws from philosophy, literature, psychoanalysis and history, as well as educational scholarship, to explore what it means to take this theme of (im)possibility seriously. (Contains 1 figure and 7 endnotes.)