The Moment I Knew

I never imagined I would be studying to become a teacher. I never aspired to become one. I even enrolled just for the sake of the language and my desire to become a writer. Yet here I am, finally feeling that I found sense in this life.

I remember the moment everything shifted. It was during the first semester of my TESL career. I had taken a course called Educational Psychology with Mrs. Diana Dassouki. I still remember that instance very well, she was telling us how teachers have the power to change lives, to help someone become the better version of themselves. She told us a story about a student that had a drastic change of paths due to a teacher that helped overcome his past. I thought to myself in that moment: is that what you want? To become that teacher that students will remember in a positive light? isn't that worth leaving behind after you die? At that moment I answered myself with a simple 6-word sentence: "I want to be a teacher"