My Family Mocked My Teaching Job And Skipped My Award Ceremony Until My Dad Saw Something On His Phone That Night

Teacher of the Year. The ceremony was October 15th in Washington. It would mean a lot to me if they could be there. I had attached the official PDF with the Department of Education letterhead and the gold seal and the formal language about honoring America’s finest educators.

My thumb hovered over send for a full minute. Then I pressed it and put the continue reading …