Many of my students ask me, "Why can't more teachers be as accepting as you?" And trust me, I get this question often, and the answer is never easy. Because a lot of the time it means telling a child the sad reality of our education system and the sad reality of how some humans are. It is one of the most difficult answers to give a student, and sometimes I struggle to find the right words as each student is different and each one will have a different takeaway from the conver