As the end of the year comes to a close and I’m packing up my classroom I look back on my seven years as the art teacher at Hanahan Middle School and smile.  I have met some wonderful friends and coworkers who I love dearly.  I have learned from my students and I appreciate all they have shared with me.  I love the teacher that I have become and as I set off on my new adventure in international education I feel prepared for the next step.  In the words of the late Maya Angelou,

“Do the best you can until you know better.

The when you know better, do better.”