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Dedicated to all the teachers out there....

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a
CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued: "What's a kid
going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to
become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests that it's true what
they say about teachers:  "Those who can do. Those who can't teach."

  To corroborate, he said to another guest: "You're a teacher, Susan," he
said. "Be honest. What do you make?"

  Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied,

"You want to know what I make?"

"I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
"I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor and an A- feel
like a slap in the face if the student did not do his or her very best."
"I can make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence."
"I can make parents tremble in fear when I call home"
"You want to know what I make?"
"I make kids wonder."
"I make them question."
"I make them criticize."
"I make them apologize and mean it."
"I make them write."
"I make them read, read, read."
"I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, and
definitely beautiful over and over and over again, until they will never
misspell either one of those words again."
"I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on their final
drafts in English."
"I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow your
heart... and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you pay
them no attention."
"You want to know what I make?"
"I make a difference."
 "What about you?"



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