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Teachers Making a Difference Issue 13: The Legacy Issue August 2023
by Dr Cathy Coker
Legacy is something that is passed on. It could be in the form of money, a set of core values, one’s own ethics, one’s reputation, or it could be in the form of artifacts. The only thing about leaving a legacy is that the value to what you are leaving behind is more valuable to you than to those you are leaving it to. One important legacy is your reputation.
This year we begin our 2nd year of publication of Teacher’s Making a Difference magazine, and this is our legacy. May I leave words that touch your hearts and souls. May the work that we have put into this magazine speak volumes about our character as teachers, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, and wives.
Rivette and I started this magazine because we wanted our kids, those we have mentored and those we have given birth to, to know that our words in the articles and in the books that we have written are our legacy to them.
When we are long gone, our children will be able to pick up this magazine and read our stories. They will be able to hear our voices reach out to them from the world beyond.
Teachers, as a new school year starts your legacy will be written in the walls, halls, ears, and hearts of those children that you will call students. Be mindful of your words. Teach the hearts of those students and know that your smile, laughter, dumb jokes, and the knowledge you share with them in the form of instruction will never be forgotten because unknowingly this is your legacy that you will leave on Earth. Teaching is not the easiest job but seeing the smiles of those students as they walk in on the first day of school makes all the difference in the world.
I pray that my words in this magazine are the rocks that cause the ripples of love towards your students and your career. Have a Blessed 2023-24 school year!
