05/07/2026
🤔I’m curious about something: how and when did you decide what you wanted to do after high school? 🎓
I think my mom will tell you I wanted to be a nurse or a ballerina for a hot minute when I was 4, but ever since I can remember I was going to be a teacher. 👩🏫
I have also—as long as I can remember—marked the timing of this as when I was 6 yo and had Mrs. Legend as my first grade teacher. From what I can recall, the teaching methods were pretty typically early 80s, with healthy doses of phonics worksheets, bird-names reading groups and traditional math algorithms. But the magical part was how Mrs. LeGrand made you feel. School was a special world where I was smart and unique and I belonged. I had friends—all of us named Jenny 😆—and spent the days innocently soaking up all the things and loving every minute of it! I knew that when I grew up I wanted to do the very same thing and be my own version of Mrs. LeGrand. ❤️
And so here I am. About to finish up with my 25th class of kiddos. I’ve been in all the grades except kindergarten along the way, every day striving to create that special, magical world of learning Mrs. LeGrand had crafted for me so many years ago. ❤️
What about you? 😊