I feel it shouldn't just be me out of all the great teachers we have here. I get a little embarrassed at times. I am one of many great teachers here. Hopefully I'll represent the school well.

It means a lot. The Golden Apple shows our community what teachers are doing. It shows that great things are happening in Lee County.

But the challenge is making sure that everyone understands that if police, teachers and firefighters can't afford housing, the janitors, clerks and maids can't afford housing either. They may not be saving your life, but we can't have a community without them.

The development of the city centre is just about consumerism and hedonism.

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

What I hear from a lot of teachers is . . . :