Tim Hartigan, Ph.D.

Language & Learning

Teaching is a good profession; it takes a lot of effort but it is worth it. Teachers work to properly develop other humans in many ways but sometimes you do not or cannot know the impact you have had on your students. At our closing ceremony, some students gave me pieces of paper with artwork and nice comments on them. Vanessa drew a picture of an airplane and wrote, “I will never forget you because you are my role model for the career of teaching.” These are the things a teacher will cherish when they are in their rocking chairs because it will prove you’ve had a positive effect on people. As Henry James said, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”