Before anything bad happens to Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, he says the truest thing about himself out loud. And then the story never gives him a way back to it.
Educators make a version of that same statement when they start this work. I will never become that teacher. I will always believe in this kid. I will never stop caring the way I care right now. And the slide away from that person is not dramatic. It's a parent who never showed up, an initiative that got scrapped the year after you put everything into it, a kid who lied to your face after you fought hard for them. None of those moments turn you into someone different on their own. Enough of them stacked together quietly? That's a different story.
This is the first episode in a new series pulling real lessons from movies that have nothing to do with school on the surface. It starts with the most educational movie Edward has ever seen.
The question he's leaving you with: what did you swear you'd never become when you started? And if you're honest today, are you becoming that?
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