A teacher’s perfect moment in the classroom (involving John Milton and John Mayer) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
A teacher describes a perfect moment in her English Language Arts classroom when her students suddenly understood something they never had before. But it had nothing to do with test scores.
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