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Where it all began… Pt. 4: My Cannonball Moment?
Though the first year was another humbling experience, overall, I deemed it a success simply because I made it through. Though I still didn’t have the training I needed to deal with many of the deeper issues I mentioned in my previous post, I felt more supported by the staff at Jesuit. For what it’s…
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Where It All Began… Pt. 3: Freshmen Teacher at Jesuit
I entered as a freshman teacher at Jesuit High School in 2018 the same way I started all of my jobs, with a sense of naive excitement. Jesuit is considered by many to be the best high school for boys in New Orleans. Living in New Orleans as a Jesuit alum is the equivalent to…
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Where it all began… Pt. 2
The naive desire for more responsibility and to become more of an “adult” started much like my earlier changes in life, with no plan or idea where to begin. Jobless in the Dominican Republic After leaving Japan, I spent a couple of jobless months living in my girlfriend’s tiny shack in the Dominican Republic as…
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Where it all began… Pt. 1
Ever since people began asking me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I never really had an answer. Well, actually, when I was in 1st grade, I heard that garbage men make a lot of money. In my head, a lot of money means “the same amount as a doctor.” So,…