AMAZING READ:  John Taylor Gatto's resignation letter:    http://hubpages.com/hub/John_Taylor_Gatto

                         (John was named New York City Teacher of the Year in 1989, 1990, & 1991;
                           AND was named New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991.)

                        Here is what he wrote when he publically resigned (scroll down a bit . . .)