I am the lucky English teacher of these great kids. I believe that my students have a LOT to say that should not just rot away in their homework books. I strongly believe that good teaching starts with the REAL questions and hot issues on my students' minds. We want to tackle these in this blog. Other than being an English teacher I believe that the world will be a better place if we treat each other with respect and take good care of our planet. For this reason I ride my bike whereever I can, I am vegetarian and a critical consumer. Note, that I said "the world WILL be a better place"... I am an optimist -- and I would like to be the change that I want to see in the world.