“As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to c...” — Randi Weingarten Quote

As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.

I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society.

America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.

Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

I wish there were better ways, like giving out bigger bonuses, so guys fight harder and they really do go in there and try and earn that bigger money. I feel like that would be a little bit more exciting for the fans, exciting for the fighters to get those big paydays, and I feel like we deserve it.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.