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.

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

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.

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...

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.