My yearning to teach struck me while reading the book callgirl.
Now why on earth would a book about being an escort fully
ignite the passion for teaching in me?
Because this callgirl was extraordinary, she combined an
academic life with the life of a luxury prostitute. And she almost succeed.
Until her less acceptable professional persona slowly seeped into her
societally approved one, and fused together into a class on prostitution. Actually,
even then she excelled and the class became the most popular new topic that
semester.
Through this, I learned the importance of picking a subject
of deep personal interest. Something igniting a passion for teaching in you, and
the desire to know more in your students.
When you pick a topic you have personal experience with, you are in a
position to deliver the most intriguing material.
Sometimes it’s the most random sources that give us the
final nudge in the right direction. Towards what we crave, what seeks us out,
and ultimately what fills our hearts with joy and life with vibrancy.
Curiously, my desire to teach emerged through reading the
words of an escort. But not just any escort, a professor and an escort. Not only did the book open my eyes to teaching, but
to the ability to combine two utterly different professions and ways of being. I
take it as an invite to be all I am: perhaps I can be a teacher, writer,
community engagement assistant, artist, bartender, and coach if I so desire?
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