I am an educator because I love learning. I have always loved learning. I was always the kid who would rather read at recess and my mom drunk-dialed me in college. I love learning so much that I am now in my second masters' program, and if I could go to school forever I would. 

But the more time I spend teaching, the more I realize that our education system is not serving our most vulnerable students. That, no matter how much I care, no matter hard I work, my personal impact in the classroom will be minimal because I operate within a flawed system. A system that does not provide the necessary resources for me to truly support all of the learners in my classroom. A system that expects me, as the teacher, to make up for its deficits. A system that has been built to emulate the learning styles of the white elite male, to uplift those who are already on top. A system with such a narrow definition of success that it leaves the vast majority of students (and teachers) feeling inadequate. A system that needs to be completely dismantled and rebuilt from the bottom up in order to really fix it. 

In light of these ongoing realizations, I have decided to delve into the world of education policy, so that perhaps I will one day find myself in a position to influence major changes in our education system. Although I am learning a lot in my masters' program, I do not always get an opportunity to write about what I would like to write about, so I am going to do so here.