“There are more good people than bad people, and overall there’s more that’s good in the world than there is that’s bad.… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I said, “Je parle français.” Indira gave me a weird look. Or a look that said I was weird. Whichever. The point… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The task of teaching has never been more complex and the expectations that burden teachers are carried out in antiquated systems that… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The last two days I’ve been on long bus rides, driven through the countryside on the back of a motorbike, and crossed… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Ahead in the distance we could see the main gate, but there was a sea of cars, none moving, people standing, milling… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“In large part, we are teachers precisely because we remember what it was like to be a student. Someone inspired us. Someone… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I felt a hand on my back, movement behind me, my guys making room, someone squeezing into our circle, and then one… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“All over the world there are students, teachers and parents that face serious challenges every day. They need help with real problems… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“In my life I’ve been very lucky to travel around the world and see students and teachers in nearly two dozen countries—but… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I needed to talk to my dad. My dad who had been to war, who had seen its horrors, who suffered from… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I’m in my classroom and I’m looking at this girl, but all I can see is my dad on the ground, in… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I asked my dad once if his high school teachers began treating kids differently during Vietnam, when they knew some of their… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I felt so much pride, so much love. You get a handful of days like this in a lifetime. Take in every… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Honestly, I had no idea how to respond. My senior year of college I’d taken a seminar titled Public Education: Situations and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I’m sure the driver was a great guy and all he wanted was to drive me to my hotel—but he was a… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I thought, Dad. Could I go to Vietnam for you? Dad, I could do it. I could do it for you. I… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The only thing worse than his arrogance was his incompetence. He was a bully, behaving like an ass. I saw Angel though,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The night skyline was stunning. I could see the Monas and Istiqlal Mosque bathed in brilliant white lights and a dozen other… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The reality for teachers is we don’t know if we’ve been successful or not. It takes years to see how a kid… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went to Doha,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“Sparky Anderson wasn’t just my favorite manager … he was my mom’s favorite manager.” — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“Most of us would give anything for the chance to play just one day of MLB baseball—especially for our favorite team. Well, there once… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“He [Ted Williams] was only a 23-year-old kid when he batted .406 in 1941, but then the season ended and our country came under… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“There are many ways to measure a manager’s success and contributions to a franchise ... but in this case the two numbers that illustrate… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the score be… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“The only thing I knew for sure is I hadn’t slept in ten years. Not really. I’d been fighting my own monster since nine… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
“This is who I was, before I was dead. When I cared, when I was relentless.” — Tucker Elliot Copy Share
