Dusty Sockets to Sprightly Sprockets

I am back at school today, this time filling in for first grade. Boy, I sure do miss my Pre-K class! I consider myself the luckiest man alive when I walk through the halls to the tune of "Mr. Paul, Mr. Paul!" Heck, the first graders knew who I was although I had never met most of them. Days like today are composed of the stuff that people like me live for. To affect only one student - to change his or her perception of himself or herself for the better - that is a grand accomplishment. I hear so many people reciting "God bless our troops!," and my rejoinder is "God bless our teachers!"

-W.P.