As I packed up my office and binders of old lesson plans, I found pictures of my previous students and encouraging notes that I had written to myself during my first year as a teacher. It's hard to believe that I've been working in this district now for seven years. Where did the time go?
Seven years ago, I came to St. Louis to begin my two years with Teach for America. At the time, I had no idea how that move would change my life. I always had a hunch that I should be a teacher.....but after my first couple of weeks in the classroom, I knew that I was born to be a teacher.
This was it. This was what I was meant to do.
Thank you SLPS for seven wonderfully hard years. Thank you for helping me find my passion. I have learned so much and grown so much from my time in this school district. I leave this place more committed than ever to the mission of educational equity. Regardless of race, sex, religion, or socioeconomic status every child in this nation deserves a quality education....and it's our job to ensure that each child gets that opportunity.
I have a fundamental belief that education is the greatest gift we can give ourselves...and the greatest gift we can give others. And as I move on to pursue a career at the university level, there is one thing I know for sure...I am, and always will be, a teacher.
Thank you!
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