Make A Difference

Words. Pages. Lines. Stanzas.

Meaning. Beliefs. Expression. Soul.

“These things can’t mean anything.”

“Look beneath – you’ll find it, I promise.”

 

Seeing the students find meaning,

Meaning that is deeper than themselves,

Meaning that changes who they want to be

• That’s my dream job.

 

To inspire students to care about punctuation,

To write fluent and cohesive paragraphs,

To strive to find the answer to a question themselves

• That’s my dream job.

 

Helping students fall in love with characters,

Watching them live life with the book,

Having them sink into the surreal soul of the page

• That’s my dream job.

 

It’s not about power, popularity, possessions or prizes,

It’s about those little, rare, moving “aha” moments with students.

Where they understand a plot, a person, a motive, an action.

Where they apply it to themselves and find a meaning deeper than they imagined.

 

Salary. Hours. Vacations. Bonus’.

None of that matters, no.

To watch a student:

Strive. Learn. Discover. Wonder.

 

I won't make the most money in the world,

But I can make a *difference*,

To know that by having them analyze a story I became a significant part in theirs

--That’s the one job that would make me happy.