Almost There

Four more days. In four days, the first phase of journey that I have embarked upon will close and the next will open, leaving me as terrified as ever. And as exhilerated. I am working harder now than I ever worked at Fox or MTVN, and I'm fine with it. I want to do it. I have a job to do.

I have this paper to write about my personal perspective on disability and I am delaying writing it. I am delaying it because all the knowledge I've gained in the past 7 weeks is difficult to sum up, but also because...there's just so much more to know.

And I know this sounds like I'm making it about me when it's about the students. The students I've already met, and the ones that I will meet in September and the September after that. I have to square my shoulders for the burden of being a leader to these students, some of which might not know how to read and write.

We spoke about our hopes early in the program, and I can honestly say that one hope i Have for my students is that they learn to love reading and writing as much as I do, even if I have to read every book to them. I hope that they learn why the Constitution is important, how to add decimals and what a virus is. I hope that my efforts will not be in vain.

I was inspired when we went around the circle our first day in class, relating our previous lives and telling why we joined the program. We are all so different, but alike. I would not have crossed paths with these people had I not become a Fellow. I am thankful to be in a group of such passionate and incredibly smart individuals who have come together for a common purpose.


I haven't gotten to write much during training, about the experience or otherwise. But I feel as though the dam will break soon and i['m looking forward to it.