Who was your most influential teacher? Why?
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
I’d like to begin this prompt by telling you all that the habit of me having these vivid dreams come fron my mom;
Because in a span of a few weeks she told me a few dream that she had;
DREAM 1
One was last week in which she was handed a pouch that had gold bars and coins and was told to deliver it to a person with a specific name;
And on finding that person after a lot of turmoil,
That person says to give it to the fishes;
Literal fishes in a pond….
😂
But she instead of giving it,
Keeps the pouch and the valuables within and becomes paranoid until she wakes up…!
Dream 2
Today she told me a dream that a person came in between her and my father and caused a divorce on the word of his mouth;
Later it turned out to be he wanted his sister to be married to my now late father;
And how everything unfolds and many characters of our family come in and intervene;
The conclusion is that my father who works in corporate world keeps my mom to work in the office where he stays all day and only returns to home at night,
And he promises to take care of us(both his son and daughter…)…!
A happy yet sad conclusion…!
Coming back to the prompt
Most influential teacher and the reasoning…
There’s a person and an abstract thing that I would give this title to…
The first one would be my English teacher from my high school and specifically who is now a principal of the same school because of her prowess and the control that she has on the language and her ability to filter and find out people who are expert…!
Any love that exists within this mind and heart for the language happens to be just because of her…!
Her classes were something that I miss,
Even after 10 years;
So much interactive and
They were so easy to grab and latch myself onto,
Which deepened my love for the language,
That they stay etched into my very core…!
In an abstract sense;
Failure would be the most influential teacher,
Because it taught me to be consistent with my effort and walk with my head high until I was destined to achieve what I had in my mind…!
There are times when nothing works and I feel like I’m falling back into my old habits;
And when that happens I take some time off,
Grab what my mind wants to do,
Often times its something of a bad post or something that is gruesome that I pen down and put that thing back in my notes app…!
This has happened a few times and I feel a sense of clarity after getting my head clear of all the negative thoughts and feelings…!
And I build myself right back up the next day…!
Like nothing happened…!
At the end,
Failure has taught me and given me power to get up yet again and conquer the next obstacle each day, everyday…!
What would you consider influences you…?
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 