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The impact of a good teacher isn’t just seen on a multiple-choice test or in a carefully crafted essay. It’s found in those who choose to honor us in measures grand and small, from families to businesses and organizations. Many people recognize that they followed their passions, found their purpose and built their success thanks to the teachers who first believed in them.
That belief becomes our daily privilege. Every day, teachers look at our students and see in them the next banker, inventor, architect, engineer, writer or Olympic medalist. Our job isn’t just to teach science concepts or primary colors or verb conjugations or how to tie shoes. Our job is to foster the next era of individuals who seek to improve the world using the talents, skills and ideas they most want to share. Teaching is both an incredible responsibility and an incredible joy. It is something to be valued, shared and celebrated by and for all who benefit from the influence of good educators — and that, in fact, is all of us.
