“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

This one sentence needs no commentary, elaboration or scary-stories-of-how-it’s-gone-wrong. I’ll keep this post short. I recommend taking a few minutes today to go to You Tube to listen to the 1963 “I have a dream” speech. You might visit thinkexist.com today and scroll through their long list of quotes by this one man.

His voice was silenced far too soon and his dream is still unreached.

As teachers, we must help make sure the dream of equality never dies. The bank of justice is not bankrupt. To quote one of the greatest heroes of our time, “Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”

P.S. If you have time, you might make a cup of  cocoa or iced tea and sit down today to pen your own words and answer a question: What is your dream? Or let me rephrase this question a bit for teachers: What is your mission?