This message brings rushing in lots of fond memories of teachers from elementary school through to my Ph.D. (Having been in school for about 20 years, I've had more than my share of teachers.) I loved Thérèse (we called our teachers by their first name) in 5th grade who also had breast cancer when she was my brother's teacher but was much better by the time I had her as a teacher two years later. Last I heard she's doing great. That was, what, 1989, 1990? I remember my mother cutting off a newspaper piece about something to do with reconstructive breast surgery, putting it in an envelope and telling me to bring it to Thérèse...

Is there such a thing as a World Teachers' Day? According to Wikipedia it's on Jan. 13th, but I've never seen it celebrated. Something should be done about that.