It is so critical to be an effective educator to allow yourself to be inspired and learn not only from previous teachers, but also your colleagues, and your future students. We should allow the people around us to inspire us, and to always be willing to grow and change and to always be empathetic and give each of your students their space to shine.

Teachers do so much more than just teach- they provide support and care in so many other ways than just meets the eye. Teachers can change people's lives. I've heard countless stories from my mother of kids who came into her classroom completely different than how they left it, and how those kids ended up doing incredible things they were always capable of due to the support of her and other like-minded and incredible educators.

This section stood out to me because I think as future educators we tend to focus and be questioned on why we have decided this career path, when honestly it is more of a who inspired us to choose this job. For me, my mom is my biggest role model and who constantly inspires me to be my best self and do what I love, along with all the teachers' names who will never leave my head due to their kindness, compassion, and genuine love for the job, and how crucial and impactful adults are to young children, especially the middle school years, and to never forget the people we aspire to be like and who gave us a bit of knowledge we should keep tucked in the front of our brains.