September 2012:

It was that moment when everything seemed to pause for a few seconds. I momentarily wondered if my trainer, Dr. Larry Quade, just said what I though he said. All I remember was his brief pause, body turning around and eyes casually looking at everyone then stopping at me. He voluntarily interrupted his lecture to say this: “the reason we do this is so that we can communicate with children where they are at developmentally.” 

I was in shock. For this was not ...