Power-Ups

The path that led me to teaching was a twisted and windy one. I didn’t set out after school to get a degree in education, mould young minds, and change the world. Finding my purpose as an educator  was a long process, one that didn’t fully emerge until after more than a decade in the classroom. In high school, I took two classes that immediately defined what I thought I wanted to do with my life, Journalism and Business. I was going to own my own theatre company and be a playwright and then have my own column in a local newspaper, and I would speak to the world. Now, there are people who are sharing inspiration through writing and theatre with the world, but it’s a hard world to crack into, and theatre and journalism can be daunting for a 20-year-old with a baby son, and high values on ethics and respect. I found the theatre became about making money and creating a “product” and I never did follow through with my journalism dreams. I didn’t feel like I was making a difference, and ...