Writing Really Evokes Empathy In A Way

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.

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 Doesn't Take A Rocket Scientist To Figure Out That If You Tell Kids They're Stupid--directly Or Indirectly--sooner Or Later They Start To Believe It.

It's Not Enough To Be Tolerant...now We're Finally Moving Towards The Idea Of Acceptance.

I Have Always Been Taught To Be Proud Of Being Latina, Proud Of Being Mexican, And I Was. I Was Probably More Proud Of Being A "label" Than Of Being A Human Being, That's The Way Most Of Us Were Taught.