Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

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.

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

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.