Ms. Jenkins taught me to value education. Before her classes, I was just trying to get by in school so I could make the grade and go to Ball State and make something of myself in this life. I'd wanted to be an actress, then my dad told me he wouldn't pay to send me to acting school, so I decided that I wanted to be in telecommunications, because I had a knack for it, and still do. But when I was in her class, I was forever thirsty for knowledge and the betterment of my intellect, and I decided I wanted to be that to children as well. When I realized that if I wanted to be successful in the TCOM field, I'd have to be far away from my friends and family, and that's something I didn't think I could handle. I can barely handle being at school all the time and not being near people who love me. So I decided I wanted to be a teacher. As a teacher I had an opportunity to make a difference to kids in a way that their friends or parents never could. None of that would have been possible if it weren't for Jenkins.
James Stewart had this life mantra:
"I'd like to be remembered as someone who was good at his job and always seemed to mean what he said."
Since hearing that, I've adopted it as my own life mantra. I can't think of a better way to realistically live your life. Sure, give to charities, go to "church," be a friend to all. These are all things you should do, but no one can ever ask more of you in your life than that: be good and your job and mean what you say. Just those two things cover so many bases. James Stewart was that way in every way. He was a terrific actor and he was an honest man until the day he died. I want to be James Stewart.
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