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?

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

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.

By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

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.