Life is full of choices. They could have called for help. They could have stopped and walked away. They made read more

Life is full of choices. They could have called for help. They could have stopped and walked away. They made their choice that day, now they must pay the consequences.

In the last few months, we've given several promotions within the department... and I think that's brought more stability.

In the last few months, we've given several promotions within the department... and I think that's brought more stability.

(Parents) have a real kind of deep-seated opinion that the quality of education is not as high, whether the stories read more

(Parents) have a real kind of deep-seated opinion that the quality of education is not as high, whether the stories are valid or invalid.

There is mold in the classroom. The heating and AC units leak. I have seen teachers have to move students read more

There is mold in the classroom. The heating and AC units leak. I have seen teachers have to move students out of the way because the AC unit is leaking on one side of the class. I saw a teacher move a row of kids over because water was leaking on one side of the room.

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over read more

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,

I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying read more

I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.

This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, read more

This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, I've never experienced writing like this before, except for 'Fences,' something that addresses me as an individual, addresses me as a black man and addresses the history of the African-American culture and the African-American experience in this country.

Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism.

Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism.

My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body read more

My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body image and female sexuality.