Teachers were celebrities in my family. For example, when I was in junior high, someone new moved in across the street, and my mom told me in an awe-filled whisper, “He’s a…teacher.” Clearly, our neighborhood was on the way up. Education was everything, and I’m actually terrible at household chores because my parents told me it was my job to do well in school, not to iron or cook or mow. A lifelong love of learning I was lucky to have fabulous teachers from kindergarten through [Read More...]