To my three favorite teachers: Cathey Weigel and Leon Schram at Berkner High School, and Liinda Robbins at Apollo Junior High School in Richardson, Texas. I always missed 17 days a semester (the maximum number of absences before a student would be held back), but on the days I was in class, you were such a genuine inspiration to me that I felt like a character in an ABC Afterschool Special. Looking back, I wish I had spent a little more time in school and a little less time watching All My Children, General Hospital, and Ryan's Hope. -- Rogers