Inspiration
What inspires you to be better?
Is it money, power, or fame?
Who inspires you to be better?
Is it a parent, a friend, a colleague, a child?
Many of us have a teacher who inspired us;
Yet, as teachers, we have students who inspire us.
Everyone truly wants to be inspired--
Trying to be better, the motivation to make it happen.
Where can you gather this inspiration?
Step into a school.
Open a classroom door.
Listen to the teacher, who has a story his/her own.
Observe a student.
A student, who has an unspeakable home life, that feels loved at school.
A student, who has a different body or face, that is being accepted anyway.
A student, who learns differently, that has made vast improvements this year.
A student, who is hungry, that is fed at school and on weekends.
A student, who is gifted, that has a program that challenges his/her thinking.
A student, who is lacking confidence, that has learned to speak in class.
Those students and many more with their own stories.
They are my inspiration.
They are our hope, our dreams, our desires--our future.
Wonderful blog, Mary! My grandmother and mother were my biggest inspirations. Both were teachers and both moved mountains and both loved their students to no end. I try to be even half as awesome as they were.
ReplyDeleteI love the visual nature of the lines, almost like a stair step into the point of the writing! I think inspiration is like a cloud of smoke, often easy to see but difficult to capture.
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