Reed Jackson Quotations

This reminded me why I got into education. I had an absolute ball rolling around with the first- and second-graders. It got me back to what we're all about educating.

Everything from 1-year-old to 100-years-old - they all love it. Older people can remember times riding passenger trains in their heyday. And I've met very few little kids who don't love trains. Almost everyone has this magnetism for trains.

It's very difficult. You're following different groups of students. It's not a growth model, and it's hard sometimes to get a handle on just how well they'll do.

I don't think they can do as well if they haven't had algebra I and II and geometry, and are avid readers. Our counselors make sure these kids know they have to have the proper courses to take the test, but we do not discourage them from taking the test if they haven't had those classes yet.