When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.

Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.

I hate tenure. Tenure allows teachers to put their feet up on the desk and possibly have a job forever. That's why I got turned on to charter schools. It's a business model. Every employee and every teacher will be monitored by performance.

Although I had a private education at secondary level, I went to a local primary school where I mixed with kids of all backgrounds.

Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way.