The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

Falling in love is like owning a dog.