June 2026

in 2023, while teaching my usual classes at the high school, i got an idea. i had been watching futurama, and each episode opened with a short one-liner, sometimes inspirational but most of the time hilarious. i thought it would be fun to do something similar, except mine would all be inspirational, written as a little title card next to the daily date.

no one is perfect. as cliché as it sounds, it really is true. as a teacher, especially one working with teens, i constantly feel like i walk a fine line between being a good example and being a hypocrite. i feel the pressure to show up as my best self, to model the right behaviors and attitudes for my students. but sometimes i wonder if that very effort sends the wrong message making it seem like i have it all figured out, no skeletons in my closet, no flaws in my personality. how do i keep both sides of that balance without one bleeding into the other?