This image is one of the many thousands sent into PostSecret that are posted on the site each week. I thought it particularly poignant given my line of work. This was posted with it:

“I have been a teacher for 15 years, and a majority of my students during that time have been children suffering from poverty, abuse and neglect. I have always suspected that their behavior was a test and that misbehaviour was often a way of showing their teachers that they trusted them to care no matter what.

“This post card articulated what my children over the years have not been able to say.

“I promise to break down as many walls as possible, for the rest of my life.”