When you do that, you can give it your best. I'm proud of my profession and how teaching makes a difference in the lives you touch. I love what I do and I'm grateful for the opportunity to do it.

I tell them I'm not. As long as I'm effective and the students consider me effective, I'm going to continue teaching. As long as a school bus comes riding by, I'll be willing to jump on it.

I have difficulty calling myself a great teacher and I don't think I've really ever altered my teaching style at all. We have a lot more technology available to draw from now, but I have to admit I still do things now like I did when I started teaching at Buford in 1970.

The board of directors has great confidence in them (the internal auditors). We work closely with them to monitor activities and what they do.

Supporting our troops is not a bumper sticker. It's more than that, and we have to get out there and do something tangible.

People keep asking me when I'm going to retire.