we all need a champion

Here's some inspiration for us all. Even on a rainy day she makes me believe that it is worth to go out and fight that battle. And we have quite a few rainy days, and not just now in the autumn. Teachers face a great amount of difficulties these days (probably just like before). It takes a lot of energy to be with people, may they be children or adults; beginners or professionals; you need to be present all the time and give the best of you, so they can find the best of themselves. At the same time, educators are far from being respected and/or compensated. Our job is not a constant success story. It is not a rapid victory. It is the hard work and close interaction of months and years, filled with moments of failure and success, ups and downs. But we need to be persistent and believe that at the end of the day it will be -- it is -- worth the investment, for them and for ourselves.

Rita Pierson is an inspiring teacher and speaker. She makes the battles of teaching so tangible that your heart starts to beat faster, uncovers the complexities of the profession so vividly that you almost feel like being there in the classroom, and convinces us all that education is still the best thing. Because it is.

We can do it. We are born to make a difference. We are educators.