No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.

I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.

Society just doesn't care about young people anymore, even if we are the future.

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

Evil prevails when good people do nothing.

I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!

Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life.

Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.

The economy schoolchildren currently expect to live under and serve would not survive a generation of young people trained to think critically.

I urge you to examine in your own mind the assumptions which must lay behind using the police power to insist that once-sovereign spirits have no choice but to submit to being schooled by strangers.

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned.

The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.