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The Legacy of an Educator

I hope to leave a strong legacy behind as a professional educator. A teacher’s legacy can be quite mind blowing.

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What is the legacy you want to leave behind?

As an educator, I want my legacy to be a strong one. My legacy is the students I have helped along life’s path. Since I have been teaching twenty years now, I have had very roughly 4000 students.

If I made even the smallest positive impact on each of them, this could lead to a “butterfly effect”. If those students carry on that positivity into the future, they could impact many more people positively.

I won’t see or be aware of most of this, but every once in a while Ibthink about it and find it profoundly rewarding. My legacy is already quite secure.

56 responses to “The Legacy of an Educator”

  1. hlmiller2014 Avatar
    hlmiller2014

    I am certain that you have made an impact on all of your students’ lives! What a great legacy!

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      As have you my friend! I love when I see my students around town. I was at the local junior college last week and my daughter commented that I was a “celebrity” because I saw so many of my former students. It was kind of cool.

      Reply
      1. Nnejijane Avatar
        Nnejijane

        😊

  2. Huilahi Avatar
    Huilahi

    A beautiful post. This is a tough question for me to answer because I haven’t given much thought to my legacy. I suppose that I’m still too young not reaching a stage in life where I can reflect on my legacy. I would hope that the legacy I leave behind is positive. I do hope that I am remembered in a positive light as a compassionate person. I also would like to be remembered for my lifelong love for movies.

    A beautiful film about an inventor that left a lasting legacy behind is “A Beautiful Mind”. It’s a brilliant biopic that tells the true story of the iconic mathematician John Nash. Here’s why I recommend it strongly:

    https://huilahimovie.reviews/2024/05/19/a-beautiful-mind-2001-movie-review/

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Blogging offers a unique legacy if you leave it going after your gone as well. Maybe think about it that way?

      That is a great movie! I have been meaning to re-watch it!

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  3. mrtonymarshall Avatar
    mrtonymarshall

    I love it! Just one step can set off a generational butterfly effect. Congratulations, and well done.👏🏽👏🏽

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  4. Betawriter Avatar
    Betawriter

    I value educators, they are the bed rock. Strong, accommodating, understanding and purposefully Impacting great lesson on younger generations. You’re doing well my friend.

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      It can be a real struggle at times, but well worth it in the end.

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      1. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        I agree with you.

      2. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        Are you a teacher?

      3. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        I’m not a teacher, I’m aspiring to be one.

      4. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        That’s cool, what do you want to teach?

      5. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        Oh, when I save up enough. I would love to do a masters in Art. I was born with the gift and I would love to expand my knowledge on the basics of the subject by mastering it before passing the touch to the younger generations.

    2. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Cool blog! Where are you based out of?

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      1. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        Thank you my friend. I’m from Nigeria. How about you?

      2. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        Right on, your English is excellent!

      3. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        It means a lot that you appreciate and understand my work. I enjoy your blog too, it is so relatable. Thank you my friend.

      4. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        I am glad you enjoy it, keep up the good work!

      5. Betawriter Avatar
        Betawriter

        Thank you my friend.

  5. Edward Ortiz Avatar
    Edward Ortiz

    An extraordinary legacy. Shaping the future is a big responsibility, and teachers do an amazing job even when the salaries are not up to par.

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Thanks bud, it is an awesome responsibility! It’s funny how we can always find money for wars, but education….well ….

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      1. Edward Ortiz Avatar
        Edward Ortiz

        💯 with you on that one. At a minimum, the education budget should be close to, if not the same as, the defense budget. Education is a national security issue in my book.

      2. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        Absolutely, I am sure the majority of the public feels the same way. I think there is a strong desire for many of the conservative politicians for public education not to be too successful because it would make people demand more government interference in markets, just my two cents…

      3. Edward Ortiz Avatar
        Edward Ortiz

        You are probably right, and not to mention that it will be more difficult to trick people with false narratives.

      4. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        Absolutely!

      5. Bhovwtik Avatar
        Bhovwtik

        https://xnewsletter.wordpress.com/

  6. Ria Avatar
    Ria

    Educators always leaves a huge impact in everyone’s life. Beautiful❤️

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      I get so inspired just being around other educators. They give so completely and selflessly. Thanks for the comment 🙂

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      1. Ria Avatar
        Ria

        I agree with you. Its good that you got a chance to be one😇

  7. Sophia Avatar
    Sophia

    As a writer for WordPress I want to leave behind strong writings about baseball. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to my blog

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      I subscribed, your blog is great!

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      1. Sophia Avatar
        Sophia

        Thank you so much!

      2. Mr. B Avatar
        Mr. B

        Your very welcome!

      3. Sophia Avatar
        Sophia

        That is so cool you are a teacher and you coach baseball! Good for you! Don’t ever give up!

  8. Indian Vashikaran Guru Avatar
    Indian Vashikaran Guru

    best

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  9. userfriendly034 Avatar
    userfriendly034

    how long have you been using WordPress?
    from: https://mrprofessorsdotcom.wordpress.com/

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      About a year, you?

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      1. userfriendly034 Avatar
        userfriendly034

        good

  10. Bhovwtik Avatar
    Bhovwtik

    https://xnewsletter.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  11. ValHeikeWhitewolf Avatar
    ValHeikeWhitewolf

    Good for you I wanted to be this can I teach you I wanted to teach history I wanted to work toward teaching college history military history where we’ve gotten most of our technical advances. and when they acknowledge that gays and lesbians have been and are history since beginning of time I wanted to teach our history. as a 2:15 the gay and lesbians are still taught as a choice. we’re not a choice anymore then being transgendered was a choice or being born with a disease is a choice. I wanted to change that I wanted people to understand that we are not a choice. you’re not the last people put into a TV show before it crashes and burns it was going down before we were added. The Good wife I’m sorry the good witch I watch all the time I’ve seen episodes six seven times in a row I love that show. it’s with Catherine Bell who was Major Sarah Mackenzie in Jag.

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Teaching history is a lot of work, but also a lot of fun! Its funny the most popular teachers seem to always be the history teachers.

      Reply
  12. ValHeikeWhitewolf Avatar
    ValHeikeWhitewolf

    One idiot replied in a comment that he knew the show was on its way out when they brought in a lesbian couple. what a dumbass star of the show is a lesbian it lasted 13 years it wasn’t canceled because there was a lesbian in the show Catherine Bell is an out lesbian. is the reason I fell in love with the show I love Hallmark. I love that they we are worth and you as us because who We are lgbtq think with our left side our left hemisphere of our brain. in the Renaissance in Italy humanists started humanist is all about the left side of your brain. 8 years of college to become a historian history teacher. I loved reading you thank you

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  13. anon Avatar
    anon

    Love this. Teachers are totally underrated!

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      I agree! Thanks for the comment!

      Reply
  14. userfriendly034 Avatar
    userfriendly034

    Fantastic post! I really appreciate the detailed insights you provided on topic. Your writing style is engaging and informative. Keep up the great work!
    https://mrprofessorsdotcom.wordpress.com/

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Thanks bud!

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      1. userfriendly034 Avatar
        userfriendly034

        welcome

  15. userfriendly034 Avatar
    userfriendly034

    Remember, blogging is not just about writing; it’s about expressing yourself and leaving your mark. Keep going!
    From: https://mrprofessorsdotcom.wordpress.com/

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Thanks Mr. Professor! I plan on it! I have learned a lot about myself and my teaching through this process the last year or so. It has definitely made me a better teacher and writer!

      Reply
  16. apache19464 Avatar
    apache19464

    Many a moments I think back through the years of my teachers of education. It’s not the personality but as small as a single sentence or action that imbedded itself in my memory. I always say, “I want to reach beyond those expectations”. So I’ll push and try to set new boundaries as if that teacher’s spirit willed be to reach beyond. I’m an old man now and look back in a different attitude. Knowing most of my teachers have passed and give them a caring thought and hope they know a difference was made. Thank you.

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Where did you teach at friend?

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      1. apache19464 Avatar
        apache19464

        Did not teach but a mere student amongst the masses.

  17. Dr. Jenise Bland Avatar
    Dr. Jenise Bland

    How beautiful!

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    1. Mr. B Avatar
      Mr. B

      Thanks, I was lucky to have a lot of great mentors when I was young who taught me to think of things in this way 🙂

      Reply
  18. Dr. Jenise Bland Avatar
    Dr. Jenise Bland

    You were very fortunate to have learned this early on!

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  19. Cyber Brust Avatar
    Cyber Brust

    ❤️❤️❤️

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