Affirmation of What I Know For Sure

I know for sure that outstanding teachers perform miracles.  They do so on a daily basis.

It can be seen in the classroom, in athletics, in medicine, everywhere.  Exposing children to outstanding teachers increases their performance.  Ask football players about Bill Snyder.  They will tell you.

I had the opportunity to watch Dr. Tracz with his band.  Every year, the band gets better and better.  Dr. Tracz sets his expectations high . . . and he gets what he strives for.  For an educator, it was an awesome thing to watch.

The final affirmation came in a rather interesting place - West High School football.  For a number of years, West High's football team was one of the better ones in the city.  Then their football coach, Weston Schartz, left for another school.  Within a year or two, his team at the new school was winning, but his teams at West High began to have one dismal performance after another.  Two years ago, Mr. Schartz went back to West High.  This year, his football team won enough games to qualify for the State tournament.  The man knows how to get the best out of his students.  It is an amazing thing.

I wish every child in our nation had the chance to experience, on a daily basis, outstanding teaching.  Our world would be a much better place.