if it wasn't for MLK...
Dear Maliyah, Here I was sitting in front of my 27 students, reading the words of Martin Luther King Jr. hoping none of them noticed the tears welling up in my eyes and the emotion that was overtaking me. The words he spoke, the things he did, the faith he had…all of it was so remarkable. It’s awe-inspiring really, and I was doing my best to convey that to my students. Second grade is a tender time for this subject. It completely penetrates their innocence as they begin to le