How In the World Did I Get Here?

Yeah, I'll admit, it sounds boring. Who in their right mind ever thought they would become a teacher? I definitely didn't. Yet, here I am, a full-fledged, soon-to-be clear double-credentialed teacher with an MEd in Curriculum and Teaching. All I know is that this decision wasn't planned. It happened by chance, but obviously was fate. Education has always fueled everything about my life (and yours too, although you may not realize it). Learning is an essential part of who we are, and learning how to learn (aka metacognition) is the key to becoming successful, life-long learners, thinkers, and passionate discoverers. I was inspired to become a part of education not because I recognized that learning was such an essential part of who I am (this comes later), or because I wanted the summers off (although I can't complain). . . No, I was inspired to become a part of this broken, beaten-down, failing, and at times hopeless system because I want to be a part of the change. The inevitable, essential, and at it's very core (no apple for your teacher joke pun intended here) hopeful change.