{"id":2579102,"date":"2023-04-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/plato-data\/what-i-learned-from-my-students-who-became-teachers\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:00:00","slug":"what-i-learned-from-my-students-who-became-teachers","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/what-i-learned-from-my-students-who-became-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rarely see authentic or endearing stories in the media that show the impact teachers and students have on each other. While shows like Abbott Elementary<\/a> \u2013 which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools<\/a> \u2013 try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we\u2019ve been able to cultivate with our students. <\/p>\n

After 13 years of teaching, I\u2019ve had just over 1,700 students walk in and out of my classroom. Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me:<\/p>\n