[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          MS. MORGAN--THE TEACHER; KARA ALEXANDER--THE STUDENT

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. ``Thank a Teacher.'' Mr. Speaker, we have all seen 
that bumper sticker.
  I come from a family of teachers. My mother, mother-in-law, wife, and 
three of my four kids are teachers by profession.
  When a special little girl, Kara, was in the third grade, she and her 
parents noticed her difficulty in processing words. Her speech pattern 
affected her self-esteem, her self-worth, and even her weight. Some 
kids made fun of her. Mrs. Morgan, the third grade teacher, was 
determined to help the little girl speak better.
  With hard work, the little girl and teacher overcame the word 
problem. The student graduated as high school valedictorian. She 
obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees. She also obtained a Ph.D.
  There is more. Today, that little girl received notice that she is 
tenured as an associate professor at Baylor University in the 
department of, yes, English. For you see, Kara Poe Alexander, our 
daughter, the little girl that had trouble talking, has a Ph.D. in 
English rhetoric, the study of words.
  Congratulations, Kara, on being tenured faculty. And thank you, Mrs. 
Morgan, a teacher.
  And that's just the way it is.

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