A letter to my future student

Peppermint Patty-After all, what does a teacher make?

Charlie Brown-At worst, a teacher makes all the difference

Until this moment at which I come to you, I have gone through paths sometimes filled with roses and sometimes filled with thorns. Many of these paths I have traced from my choices, other ones have happened by chance. Many of these paths I have traced so happily that I could die, other ones I have traced picking up the pieces of my heart.        

To get to the starting point of many of these paths I have had people who have motivated me since I was a student, people who have embraced this journey in their lives, people who have inspired and helped consolidate my choice to become a teacher. There have been people and situations that have destabilized me during this journey. I say this because this journey has not yet been completed until the writing of this letter. Who knows when I finish it I reread it and write a second version. Although with its ups and downs, this journey has allowed me to reflect on my positions and my choices, about people I want and do not want to share this path with me.

Currently I can see almost clearly the teacher that I'm fighting every day to be. I would like to share with you some details about this image:

- Who I am becoming comes back to the good influences, guidance and advice of incredible, strong and intelligent women. They are inspiring because they are professionals who value a democratic, sensitive education with quality, accessible to all.

- Who I am becoming welcomes teaching that contemplates diversity, respect, democracy, creativity and laughter in the classroom.

- Who I am becoming seeks to listen to people who have trod the Brazilian education pathway, thus consolidating my solidarity and consideration to these people and their journeys.

- Who I am becoming is constantly attentive to inspire other people, to stimulate other dreams, to celebrate other achievements.

Regardless of which version of me comes to you in the classroom, I hope that together we can go through a pathway that overflows us: kindness, criticality, autonomy, equality and learning in every way.