Elise Pawlik

A teacher is so much than just a teacher. A teacher is a mentor, a role model, an example. They help us learn so much that isn’t in a book- like how to wait our turn, how to respectfully disagree, or how to interact with our peers. In the world of children this is learning to survive and thrive. But in the adult world, we call these “soft skills,” and they are things that are much harder to teach and ingrain at the later stages of adulthood. Some of them were taught as young as 1st grade and reiterated year […]