Same but Different

As I visit different areas, educational talk is never far away.  I have asked informal questions about the various school questions and have found that everyone is positive, but can name the problems...large class size, lack of sufficient funding, state mandated assessments.  Sound familiar?  When asked about diversity--these are frming communities--I got a few strange looks.  Diversity has always been here-it is nothing new.  It just is a part of the schools.  I was told that the hispanic people want their children to succeed and support the schools anyway they can.  Different state, same concerns, same desire by teachers to "change the world".  A difference will be made, because we will work in whatever situations presented to he lp these children.