“I think it goes back to the growth mindset again. Because if there's a challenge, like with this AP European [History] course I'm teaching right now—I have not received a lot of schooling on European history, never very in-depth, so this is a major challenge. But despite me doing this curriculum for the first time, and really touching on a lot of these detailed and historically abstract concepts for the first time, it's a chance for me to expand my historical comprehension. It's a chance for me to expand my resume. And it's a chance for me to (…) provide students another outlet for their interest in history, even if a majority of the students couldn't care less about European history. I do have a good amount of students, Seniors, who are taking the course right now who are going into the humanities, and this course means a lot to them because it'll bolster their college resume, their transcripts, and help them develop the skills necessary to (…) complete a Humanities program.”
“Finding purpose in it and making that purpose more intrinsic and meaningful to me, that's how I can avoid the doldrums of teaching.”