Political Quotes

“First of all, not only do we need the training, we need mentors for those teachers because today, in the first 3 to 5 years, we lose over 25 to 30 percent of those teachers; they leave, because the job is so daunting and overwhelming. I stopped by a school this morning to have breakfast, a national breakfast program with our children. It was cold. I had on a topcoat. In North Carolina this morning it was very cold. The chill factor was probably about 20 degrees or less, and guess who was standing out in the cold with coats on to greet the children? The teachers. And this was at 7:30 in the morning, they had already been there for 30 minutes, because some of the children come early. I think our colleagues need to understand that teaching is not just teaching reading, writing, and math. I went into the classroom and had breakfast with the children, kindergartners. As the teachers came in with those children, they taught them how to stay in line, they go through the breakfast line, how to carry their tray along, they go sit down at the table with them, have breakfast with them, they watch them. They are taught manners, taught how to do certain things.”