There's not a second to spare...

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -- Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952

Teaching is an amazing honor, and an incredible responsibility, it seems to me. I thought it only appropriate to title my blog with a quote from Anne Frank. In her diary, despite the intense persecution and hardships she endured, she still looked at the human race with the most captivating optimism I have ever come across.

Not only is this a testiment to her courage, but it has also been a quote by which I try to live my life. I can only imagine this could applicable to the teaching profession as well, and equally applicable both in my normal life as a college student, and also as an aspiring new teacher. It is true that "nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world," and what better way to do so than become a teacher, educating those who are our future.

If my goal as an educator is to improve the world, that is a lofty goal, and perhaps a bit naive or cliche. However, if one girl in an attic can see hope for the human race and the future of the world, I can only believe that I will not only see hope in the eyes of the children I have in my classroom, but also inspire them to act upon this hope and eventually be one of those people who truly believes that they, too, can change the world at any instant.

Anyone can begin to change the world, at any particular moment. Shall we begin?