For the laborers who often influence us the most. Bravo.
'In Honor of Teachers' By Charles M. Blow
"Since its back-to-school season across the country, I wanted to celebrate a group that is often maligned: teachers. Like so many others, it was a teacher who changed the direction of my life, and to whom Im forever indebted.
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And we as parents, and as a society at large, must also acknowledge our shortcomings and the enormous hurdles that teachers must often clear to reach a child. Teachers may be the biggest in-school factor, but there are many out-of-school factors that weigh heavily on performance, like growing child poverty, hunger, homelessness, home and neighborhood instability, adult role-modeling and parental pressure and expectations." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/blow-an-ode-to-teachers.html?src=me&ref=general
'In Honor of Teachers' By Charles M. Blow
"Since its back-to-school season across the country, I wanted to celebrate a group that is often maligned: teachers. Like so many others, it was a teacher who changed the direction of my life, and to whom Im forever indebted.
[...]
And we as parents, and as a society at large, must also acknowledge our shortcomings and the enormous hurdles that teachers must often clear to reach a child. Teachers may be the biggest in-school factor, but there are many out-of-school factors that weigh heavily on performance, like growing child poverty, hunger, homelessness, home and neighborhood instability, adult role-modeling and parental pressure and expectations." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/blow-an-ode-to-teachers.html?src=me&ref=general