Timothy Roemer: “Mr. Speaker, I would start off by pointing out that the purpose of this resolution... is to thank the many teachers that…”

“Mr. Speaker, I would start off by pointing out that the purpose of this resolution... is to thank the many teachers that contributed to my education, that contribute to the children's education throughout Indiana, and contribute to all our Nation's children throughout all the schools in the United States of America. There is not a single more important profession or calling on the face of the Earth than to get into a school classroom with 30, 25, or 30 or 35 children and to take on the challenges of teaching those children every day in our Nation's classrooms. And I agree that we all, as parents, must participate in what this resolution calls for, and that is all of us getting out there on a daily basis, not just on a yearly basis, and having contact with the school and thanking the teacher and participating in reading programs with our classrooms and engaging that school.”