Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?

Remember not all Germans were Nazis.

Evil prevails when good people do nothing.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)