"Follow me home and you will see I do lesson plans, parent communication, paper grading, posting grades online, and much more in my 'free' time."

"7 p.m. 'is really the start of the next school day . . . time is too valuable to waste.'"

"Educators 'understand how important the environment is to learning and teaching.'"

"When you come down to it, this really is about the student."

"I'm hoping that when students see me, they see it's cool to go to college and become a teacher."

"When you come down to it, this really is about the student."