He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight, read more

He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight, you just need to relax.' But if he wasn't like that I don't know if we would have taken some games as seriously as we did. It was good for him to be on our case about it all the time.

We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's read more

We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's paid off.

Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.

Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating read more

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating task management, teamwork, responsibility, etiquette, success and failure; Has entrepreneurship students form companies to make and market products, complete tasks in an Apprentice-like game and manage a community golf tournament that raises up to $3,000 a year for charity; Advises student council and school online magazine, www.dawgmag.org; Turns simple keyboarding drills into PowerPoint-driven games with raffle tickets for small prizes; Videoconferencing with All-USA Teacher Teammate Pam Vaughan and her rural Arkansas chemistry class for a year-long project in which her students will market soap made by Vaughan's students; Collaborates with local businesses and corporations to form districtwide partnerships;] She has a passion for teaching and for children, a creative mind and limitless energy, ... When you put that together, you have something special.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and read more

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough.

My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough.

We had great team strategy and a really good run to make it to the head of the pack. Unfortunately read more

We had great team strategy and a really good run to make it to the head of the pack. Unfortunately now it is over for us.

When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 read more

When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 percent under water. When this happens we can't get our work done, but we can put up with it until the end of February. Then we have to get back to work. When there are breaks in the storm, that allows the water to drain and we can work around that. But when it is just continuous, then we get in trouble.

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom read more

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.