Hopefully, this story helped you to get in the right mind set.

Now, take a moment—Do you realize that you have a cup? Do you recognize it? Do you 

notice if your cup is full? Is it filled with opinions, assumptions (preconceptions), and 

speculations about a potential or an existing career in teaching? Will these hinder or help you on 

your journey to discovering the great teacher within? Can you find a way to analyze and evaluate 

them? Have you asked yourself what effective2 teaching looks like? Can you observe it? What 

does great teaching imply? What does it take to be a great teacher? Most important, will you 

enjoy it? What were some of your answers to these starter questions? Your answers will 

determine the starting point of your journey. Accordingly, each reader sets their own relative 

starting place.

Go here to learn more if you want to know more about the sage.