Sense of Isolation

I spent many years as a small businessman. A do-it-yourself, analytical person, all alone, no one can tell me what to do semi-successful businessman. Then semi-tragedy struck; I lost my business; during my recovery period, I volunteered doing what I liked, including assisting as a summer swim team coach, where I quickly learned that it wasn’t all about me, it was about them. Eventually, this led to me being a replacement high school swim team coach. After two seasons, I was asked why I never became a teacher. I had no answer, but those in charge at the school encouraged me and within a year, I had a master’s degree in history and began teaching at that same high school where I put my others first belief to work. I told the students up front that there is so much to learn about history that together you and I, teacher and students, were going to learn something this year about history. This excelled for my 25 years of teaching career, first in the high school years, and then in college years of teaching, after I returned to study for a doctorate in literature. I always approached my students, letting them know that we were equals; titles meant nothing; we were here to experience life together; there is to be no isolation in our studies or our lives.
©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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