'My kids' are great bunch

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: March 20, 2003| Author: Capital-Journal | Copyright information

I never had any kids of my own. I never really wanted any, so I kept hitting the snooze button on my biological, maternal clock until it finally stopped ringing.

That doesn't mean I don't like kids. I like most of them.

The screaming, out of control, tantrum throwing, "no"-saying ones I can do without, but most kids I really enjoy.

Since I taught high school for more than 10 years I always considered many of my students "my kids."

I enjoyed watching them mature, wel...

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