My educational philosophy is that anyone can succeed given the right direction and instruction. Having taught in the inner-city for the past nine years, I have worked with some of the most challenged students; however, I share two great success stories: The first is a young woman who took my tenth and twelfth grade English classes. She won a full scholarship to Dartmouth University where she is a student today. My second, is Jose Serrano. Jose was my student at UCONN Stamford. He came f...