15/06/2026
It started with laughter, random stories, and questions asked without hesitation.
What I thought would be a casual conversation with my students from Amethyst, Beryl, Emerald, and Quartz slowly became something deeper. They shared some of their โopenโ secrets and, in return, asked me questions that would have been difficult to answer years ago and somehow feel even harder to answer now.
They asked why I chose to teach. Why I became a teacher. And, over and over again, why I chose to teach English.
I laughed and told them that when I was their age, English was one of the subjects I struggled with the most. There was a time when even a simple line like โyou take me for grantedโ would have left me completely confused.
There were many other questions, but my answers seemed to return to the same thought.
People often tell us that ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
What they rarely remember is the line that comes next.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
So, since it was my turn to share, I completed the whole quote.
Not because I claim to be good at many things, but because life has taught me not to be afraid of learning things I do not yet know. To try. To fail. To start over. To be curious enough to become more than I was yesterday.
And maybe that is why I teach.
xoxo,
Art.E ๐ซถ
