Arkdems Radio Report

The past few days we’ve been honoring the teachers in our lives, and in the lives of our kids, for Teacher Appreciation Week. It’s getting close to summertime, and it’s important that we take a moment to thank all the people who have dedicated their time to making our schools and our communities better. We all know how much of a difference a good teacher can make. We’ve all had those people in our lives, people whose example sticks with you. A good teacher isn’t hard to spot. A good teacher can mean the difference between your child gladly telling you all about their day, and a child who doesn’t have much of anything good to say. The presence of a good teacher in a classroom is about learning, but it’s about that little bit of something more too.School needs to be welcoming. It needs to be a fun, and safe place. And the people that work there need to want to be there. The best teachers encourage you to do what you were born doing. They affirm in you that it’s good to be curious, it’s good