"Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela.

Teaching. Any person can go to school, and be hired as one. It takes a special soul, loving and caring person, who truly wants to educate, and make children love learning, to be a real teacher.

I've wanted to teach since I was a child. I looked up to my first grade teacher, Mrs. Webb, and knew instantly, that this is the woman I want to grow up to be. Her listening skills, are fabulous. Her teaching skills, marvelous. Her friendly, outgoing spirit? Once in a lifetime, you'll meet a woman like that. She called me "Tiffie", and she taught me more than any of my other teachers in Elementary school. She had reasons to like everyone. She takes people, and accepts them for who they are. There's no judging in her classroom. People come from different races, backgrounds, thoughts, places, and even different mindsets. She likes to embrace the different ones, and make them feel at home.

Mr. Webb in the back. I'm the one in the middle,

with the black dress on, and the blonde hair!

Mrs. Webb used to have me stay in from recess, to help her with paperwork. I loved it. I told her how my dream was to be just like her, and she taught me some tools to make that happen. Her list of rules, of being a teacher, was the first thing she taught me:

1. Accept all for who they are.
2. Never single anybody out, because they are incapable.
3. Patience is key.
4. Truly listen. You never know what they could be trying to hint about.
5. Love your children, with all your mind, soul, and heart.

She's more wise and thoughtful and caring, than I ever thought a person could be. She teaches me daily, about how to be a good person. She also tells me that some people are just blessed more than others, and to always take those blessings, and turn them into the biggest positives for the kids.
She has made me want to be a teacher, not only because of her work ethic, but because of her love for children, and desire, and strive to be a better one.

"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality." -Walt Disney.

That's where I'll stop for now.
Will I continue later?
Totally.