Who Do You Want to Be?

The signature I created for my school email is the main basic stuff you would see on any teachers' email. It comprises of my name, title, sports I coach, and so on. I have also included a well known quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that I look to as kind of my shining beacon of hope. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." This quote speaks to me in a way that most others do not.(Which is really saying something considering my infatuation of quote finding/usage!)

Who are you really? What is your purpose in life? Where are you heading? Do you have a goal, a vision? Who do you want to be?


Every minute of every day people are making the impossible happen. Dreams are becoming reality and records are being broken. Individuals who never thought they could have suddenly realized their wishes are coming true. Technological advances have made it easier to drive a car, study for classes, converse with others, and so on. We have become engulfed in the 21st century society and what it has to offer. Who do you want to be?

Every minute of every day people are struggling to get by. Dreams are becoming nightmares and lives are shattering like glass. Children are starving, wars are raging, people are dying, and civilization as we know it is crumbling in many parts of the world. Disease is ravaging parts of Africa and other 3rd World countries are struggling to provide for their citizens. Who do you want to be?

We all have a goal for our lives even if we do not think we do. Some may set a goal to become a doctor while others may just set a goal to make it safely through another night alive. While some dream of going to college and making names for themselves others dream of having enough food to eat on a day to day basis and having a safe comfortable place to lay their head down at night. We all want to be something. Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be? I have thought a lot about that question. As I begin my first year as an educator I want to be a champion for my students. I want my students to feel safe, secure, and welcomed in my classroom. I want them to feel comfortable enough to be risk takers and establish risk-taking as the norm instead of the exception. I want to be a leader and an innovator in the way we relate to our students and establish relationships that foster growth and success. I want to be an individual that students can come to for hope and encouragement not just for help with an assignment. I want to be my students biggest fan and a role model for future generations. What I lack in experience I believe I make up for with passion, enthusiasm, compassion, and energy. I want to be the positive light in every students' lives and make sure that all of them succeed not only in the classroom but outside of it as well. 

We all want to be something. I choose to be a molder of young minds. I choose to empower individuals to choose excellence in everything they do. I choose to foster creativity, "outside the box" thinking, and risk-taking. I choose to be a champion for every child I come in contact with. I choose to be an educator.

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Who do you want to be?