A Teacher's Journey explores the many successes and a few failures that I experienced during my years of teaching. While it is a book that offers teaching ideas, it is more than that. When I hesitated to have this book published, fearing it was not good enough, my brother wrote, "e;I think you are missing the real beauty and power of your missive. Sometimes when you are among trees, you do not see the majesty of the forest."e; My hope is that readers will see the beauty and power of children who shine and stretch regardless of their circumstances and the part I played in allowing this to happen.