Tales of a Teacher

I cannot find my pencil. I swear I had it yesterday. Someone must have stole it, or it ran away. I don't know where my pencil is. I thought it was on the floor. I came back from the bathroom, and it must've followed me out the door. My pencil seems to be missing. Can I borrow another one from you? Hey pencil, don't fail me now. You're still my number two. I've already lost three pencils this week.  I just sort of forget. I think that somebody takes them just to see me fret. Can anybody lend me a pencil? You'll be my new best friend. Well, at least until tomorrow, when my pencil woes begin again. I found a pencil in my desk, But it doesn't have any lead. Can I get up to sharpen it? Or, perhaps, will you do it instead? If you find my pencil anywhere  Tell him to come home. I've been really missing him lately, and I can't do homework alone. Don't mind the bite marks. Disr...

Education is what makes the world go round. Without an education, George Washington wouldn't have been able to lead the United States in a Revolutionary War victory that ultimately led to the foundation of the great country we live in.  Nikola Tesla couldn't have been a world renown inventor that changed the world's capability to use electricity. Sonia Sotomayor would not have broken the modern stereotypes and been named the first Hispanic female Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Before William Shakespeare began writing beautiful sonnets and plays, he had to have someone teach him to read and write at some point.  Without the help of a teacher, Hellen Keller would not have been able to overcome her struggles of being deaf and blind.  Beethoven didn't just wake up one day composing music and playing the piano; someone sacrificed time and effort because they saw something in him, and pushed him to become one of the greatest musical composers of all...