"we are better at reaching children today than yesterday, better at it this year than last"

2d. On page 22, Tomlinson says, “The truth is, we will never really do all each child needs us to do.” Later on this page she says, “The point is not to entertain guilt. The point is to relentlessly seize the remarkable opportunity of a teacher to shape lives – to do the best we can to ensure that we are better at reaching children today than yesterday, better at it this year than last.”

Isn't this the sad truth of life as a teachers. We try so hard and are taught to look at the individual students needs. Yet sometimes we aren't able to do that like we would like or wish to. With classroom sizes going up each year the most we as teachers can do is do our best. We can not try. If we try we will most likely fail. Because of that we must act and do something. But as each of us act and teach our students with love and kindness we will be able to reach them and teach them the best that we possibly can and, through this we will be able to touch more students lives as Tomlinson says. Each year, week, and day is an opportunity to touch a students life. Each of us must go out and do our best to help shape the future of tomorrow.