A gifted teacher is also prepared to foresee the child's hopes...

 "Imagine if people were as passionate about education as they are about pop culture." Robert John Meehan

 "Better teaching does not come from a political mandate...it comes from the heart of a prepared and caring teacher." Robert John Meehan

 "If we are not proactive in providing it, the children needing the most attention will be asking for it in the most unsettling of ways." Robert John Meehan

 "Somewhere in some classroom a student awaits a teacher's nod, smile or personal attention. Exemplary teachers don't wait for students to ask for it." Robert John Meehan

  "I seldom needed to encourage my students to follow their dreams, I simply gave my students the tools and as much freedom as they needed to chase after them." Robert John Meehan

  "Exemplary teachers are not gifted; they are just more prepared and more willing to do what it takes. They conscientiously succeed on purpose."  Robert John Meehan

"Great classrooms are characterized by positive, open relationships, mutual respect, and a shared responsibility for the learning process." Robert John Meehan

"Teamwork is the fuel that allows common teachers to obtain uncommon results." Robert John Meehan

"If we balance the budget on the back of the educational system, we will be paying for it for years to come." Robert John Meehan

 "As teachers we must adjust to the ever changing politically driven educational mandates but still hold to the unchanging principles that every child can and will succeed."- Robert John Meehan