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This is someone who is making a true difference with children. My hats goes off to this man. He simply shows the world that the impossible can be done.

Andre says The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation has done a lot to help children through the years. "But I realized the best way to impact a child is to educate them, to give them the tools to not only dream but also to reach out and take ownership of those dreams and get them," he says.

President Clinton says he... (continue reading)

As a kid I thought my teachers knew everything. My teachers carried the same level of respect as a mother and father. My parents never worried about my teachers, because they knew that they were going to teach me whatever I needed to know. My mother would say at the beginning of every school year, "Shut your mouth and listen to your teacher." If I were to bring home a bad conduct grade, no questions were asked, it was a spanking for sure. Boy, how times have changed. When I became a teacher... (continue reading)

As an African American teacher, I have always strived to be the best teacher to all my students. I have always chosen to work in low income area schools, because I felt the children their needed me more. As the years go by, I have become more frustrated with my African American students. When I pass by the office, who do I see sitting in the principal office. When it comes to testing, who receives the lowest test scores. Well you may think of every excuse in the book, but we have nobody to... (continue reading)