To Make A Difference

If you're trying to change how our country's education system works overnight, or even in a few years, it's not going to happen, not that quickly at least. But I think that if each and every teacher gets their teaching credentials because they love teaching and they love kids, our schools could be vastly different. If each teacher, adviser  coach, administrator, and superintendent does their absolute best to relate to each other, work through learning blockades, and work to inspire the kids that attend their institutions, kids will be exhaling A's. It's not about the teacher's personal attributes as much as how much that teacher cares about their students, and how much they want them to succeed. From a student's standpoint, my favorite teachers are the ones that made me work my anus off, and they inspired me to do my absolute best and helped me along the way. I think the critical point here is that teachers make the difference. Not necessarily the quality of books, gym equipment, waxed floors, or the plasma screen TV's that bloat your screen at lunch time.