If you've ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, 'What Teachers Make,' is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, 'Let me tell you what really makes me angry.'

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

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