<p>"TFA has come a long way since founder Wendy Kopp used fliers to recruit her first corps of 500 teachers, a year after outlining the idea in her 1989 Princeton senior thesis. Today she has 90 full-time recruiters. By 2010, TFA plans to expand the number of regions where it places teachers from 22 to 33, and nearly double in size. It hopes to call itself the No. 1 employer of recent college graduates in the country." </p>
<p>how is being a teacher full of perks and money? >_></p>
<p>i don't understand that article</p>
<p>it's not. but for some people, including an increasing number of graduates from elite colleges and universities, perks and money aren't everything. i gather at this stage, you think they are.</p>
<p>Wendy Kopp gave a terrific commencement address at UNC this year, telling the story of how Teach for America grew out of her senior thesis at Princeton: <a href="http://www.unc.edu/news/Speeches/commencement051406.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.unc.edu/news/Speeches/commencement051406.htm</a></p>
<p>I'm actually planning on doing that after i graduate from Princeton. Its a great program, extremely stressful, but great. </p>
<p>"Princeton in the nations service and in the service of all nations."</p>
<p>I think that has to be really rewarding...especially to actually watch it have progressed from nothing you know?</p>
<p>"teach for america's legacy lives on at princeton university":</p>
<p>interestingly, according to the article, a princeton alumnus was named 2005 national teacher of the year and continues to teach in his original placement school in washington, DC.</p>