If my teaching should be rated so publicly, I understand I’m not the greatest teacher, but it’s a great thing to aspire for such a title.

If my teaching should be rated so publicly, I don’t sleep well at night comforted in knowing that I’m an average teacher in a below-average school system, because there are thousands of children seeking teachers who want to do well by them.

If my teaching should be rated so publicly, I only strengthen in my resolve to help usher in a new education system that believes in its teachers without caveat, pretense, or platitude.

if my teaching should be rated so publicly, I won’t leave the profession any faster because I love what I do. I can’t promise that for the rest of the 12,000 teachers to whom this apply. Bless our hearts and minds.