It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering with her students being successful–rather, it’s this horrible truth that life has taught me: misplaced hope is the most devastatingly painful thing you can give someone. Tucker Elliot
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  1. America isn’t perfect but there’s not a better place in the world for people of any faith.

  2. Some people have a heart to do evil and they don’t care if you’re Muslim or Christian.

  3. I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The last thing I wanted was to be like my dad. It took becoming a man to realize how lucky I’d been. It took...

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  5. In large part, we are teachers precisely because we remember what it was like to be a student. Someone inspired us. Someone influenced us. Or someone hurt us. And we’ve channeled that joy (or pain) into our own unique philosophies on life and learning and...

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