At its peak, Teck had more than $ 7 billion in debt
outstanding, which caused its leverage ratio to rise, resulting in the company not only
losing its investment -
grade credit rating but getting downgraded deep into junk territory.
Our daughter blossomed under the tutelage of the
outstanding teachers, and my wife and I were there to insulate her from the poor teachers — including one year where I taught her 6th
grade math to make up for a
lost year of horrible teaching.