I love teachers. They make an incredible difference in the lives of so many children. So why are they under attack? An amazing educator, Jen Daley, sent the following poem to me. It speaks volumes. ON THE BACKS OF YOU On the backs of you We place expectant, frisky, needy children We send them to you often not ready Tired or stressed from the rat race kids live today Or after a fight with us We send them to you with all of our dysfunction tied up inside them Sometimes without

In this posting I decided to print a poem about education that spoke to me called "Backwards Day." It's written by teacher/poet Daniel Ferri. BACKWARDS DAY Sometimes at school we have a special day We call it backwards day Everyone wears their clothes backwards Or wears colors that clash I have a modest proposal Forget your silly backwards hats and tee shirts Forget this stripes and checks together puppypoop Let's get serious Let's really shake school up In math class, for h