[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2010

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to support this 
resolution to commemorate National Teacher Appreciation Week and to 
recognize the importance of teachers in ensuring that Americans receive 
a quality education.
  Teachers are heroes in our communities. None of us in Congress would 
be where we are today without the influence of those teachers who 
shaped our lives. They corrected us when we were wrong and they praised 
us when we were right. They taught us how to read and write, think 
critically, add and subtract, and they opened our minds to past events, 
scientific discoveries, and different cultures and civilizations. They 
encouraged us to follow our dreams and inspired us to reach our full 
potential.
  My parents were educators in this vein. My father served as the first 
President of Bishop College in Mobile, Alabama, and my mother worked as 
a librarian. I saw through them how our teachers work miracles in the 
classroom day in and day out. They truly deserve the strongest praise 
we have to offer.
  Benjamin Franklin once said that ``an investment in education pays 
the best dividends.'' It is our teachers who are responsible for the 
value of that investment, and I urge all of my colleagues to join me in 
commemorating them for their outstanding work.

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