I appreciate that laugh. One thing I don't do is stress out over "reaching kids". I found out in the private sector that I couldn't even "reach" all the adults who worked for me either or indirectly, and these were adults making good money. I quit wasting energy on trying to motivate people who weren't intrinsically motivated as return on investment was almost nil (that is nil as in zero, not the new "NIL"
) . With adults, they could be freed up to "pursue other opportunities". Can't do that with students. I do spend my time and energy on helping those kids who want to do better, and there's plenty of them. You cannot push a rope as they say.
To make this thread relevant, Yates has that drive and passion that will allow him to be as good as his innate abilities will allow him to be. Similar to Godsey in that respect.