Teaching high school is one of the more complex and misunderstood tasks by those outside of education. The complexities of managing a classroom full of 25 teenagers to say nothing of the difficulty of planning a curriculum and providing targeted feedback for a full teaching load of 150 students over the course of a semester can be daunting. This is something that’s very difficult to explain to someone who has never stepped into the role of working in public education. It’s also one of the many reasons so many people don’t find themselves taking the professional route of public education. When we first started IDEA we had a unique chance to lure Ben Warner into joining our team in starting IDEA. Ben has a unique and accomplished professional life before teaching. After graduating with a Masters from the University of Washington in Urban Studies, Ben founded a non-profit dedicated to promoting skateboarding and skate culture in the Northwest