For all the teachers out there.

My mom sent me this quotation and I just barely held back from shouting "AMEN!" at my computer screen when I read it:

If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn

This is not to belittle the things that doctors, lawyers, and dentists do...but I think it provides an excellent perspective on the role of a teacher. And Donald Quinn doesn't even mention the fact that many teachers deal with a different group of 40 people every hour!

To all you teachers reading this blog, thank you for all you do. Summer is almost here!