Passing It On
One of the things I have been proudest of about winning Teacher of the Year is being able to select a graduating senior who is going into education to get a $5000 scholarship courtesy of Kids First Education. After looking through the applications, I selected someone, and we all went to lunch at Weidmann's today to celebrate the award. The application process asked each candidate to write a brief essay talking about their connection to teaching. The winning student's essay related that she is, like me, a child of teachers. As we had lunch today, so many things she and her mother shared struck familiar chords. Even though she is at the beginning of her career, I can already tell she is going to be a good teacher. She has that undefinable something, that aura of calmness and strength that teachers share with healthcare professionals and other "people-heavy" fields that so often means the difference between staying in the job and leaving. This you...