No One Can Outrun Purpose
By way of my eleventh grade curriculum, I was introduced to the “This I Believe” project. I used my teacher magic to create buy-in by packaging the unit as an amazing opportunity for students to think deeply about their own beliefs and share one of them in as brief or as lengthy a piece as they desire. I like to model what I ask students to do, so I wrote my own piece about purpose. Featured as today's blogpost, I titled my essay, "No One Can Outrun Purpose." At the core of these pieces is the desire to inspire readers. Hopefully, you will enjoy reading a little about me and also see yourself in some way. Check out thisibelieve.org to read other inspirational pieces. Who knows? You may even be moved to submit your own essay. Enjoy... To date, through teaching, I have had the opportunity to serve as an educator in three countries. Interestingly, my dream as a young girl was not to teach. Early on, while attending school in Jamaica, my native land, I recognized that I had a...