Empowerment

"The Last Melon."

Admittedly, I am sad to see this book come to a close. I have gained extensive insight into the world of education, and what it means to be a successful teacher who makes a difference in his or her students' lives. This last section "Empowerment" truly details stories in which teachers are able to empower their students and help them see their true potential and that they can be successful. So many of these stories instilled in me a sense of empowerment with my future as an educator because I feel like I am capable of being the positive, caring, respectful and understanding teacher as so many of them were. For many students all it took was for a teacher to exemplify these traits for them to be able to succeed and no that a positive future was a strong possibility for them. I feel confident, after reading Teaching Hope, that I will be able to uphold these traits and what it really means to be a teacher.