The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.

Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

As children, we have a tenuous idea of love; we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.

Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.

Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.