It's Not Enough To Be Tolerant...now We're

I Grew Up In A Very Progressive Family And With A Great Educational System, And I Asked Myself, 'why Doesn't Everybody Have These Opportunities For A Good Education? So Why Not Give Back To These Kids Who Didn't Grow Up With The Same Privileges I Had?

Fights Don't Solve Matters, They Just Make Things Worse. (diary 19)

I Have Learned That, Although I Am A Good Teacher, I Am A Much Better Student, And I Was Blessed To Learn Valuable Lessons From My Students On A Daily Basis. They Taught Me The Importance Of Teaching To A Student - And Not To A Test.

It Would Be Easy To Become A Victim Of Our Circumstances And Continue Feeling Sad, Scared Or Angry; Or Instead, We Could Choose To Deal With Injustice Humanely And Break The Chains Of Negative Thoughts And Energies, And Not Let Ourselves Sink Into It.

I Realized If You Can Change A Classroom, You Can Change A Community, And If You Change Enough Communities You Can Change The World.