hey im tom colichio im your biggest fan.

How about a charity/financial assistance for kids from families who are not able to send their kids to school/college because their parents are teachers and cannot earn enough money to afford it? We are middle America... We teach and work every day of our lives helping/raising every other person's kids, tons at a time, year after year, yet, when OUR kids get to that age, we cannot get any financial aid and we lose our homes trying to take loans and finance our own kids' educations. We are the forgotten Americans.. who educate YOUR kids, but, our kids get nothing.. We have the same education that we paid for ourselves, as the corporate world, but, we never earn enough to educate our own kids and the gov't. claims we earn too much? We make a little above poverty in many states and our kids get nothing..so, we go into hick for the rest of our lives trying to educate our own kids after educating all of yours and many of yours get the scholarships, financial aid, or free education because you are a little below us on the income scale or are a "minority" or live in an urban area where WE teach your kids? Frustrating... No wonder no one wants to teach any longer...

tom is really great on the show and i really ope he wins for top chef.