This arm has been a bit much, so I got the cortisone shot and now I need to stop using it so much. In the mean time, Bill O'Reilly has gotten me mad. Collin Powell said the our educatuional system is a moral failure. He is right. When children come to school and curse the teacher out, and the parent comes and curses teacher out, what does that say? When the child has no manners or is undisciplined, whose fault is that ? When the child is hungry or not dressed properly, whose fault is that? SEND ME A CHILD THAT IS TEACHABLE, AND I WILL WORK FROM THERE. I have a fellow teacher who keeps food, tee shirts and toiletries in her desk drawers. We always keep paper, pens, pencils, and notebooks and folders in the classroom. I need to stop. About this, I am passionate. It takes a village to raise a child. It tkaes parents