You have to be fearless to have success.
~Serena Williams
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JeffSt says
October 1, 2015 at 12:18 PMTheSwirlWorld
Even a better story earlier. When i first started doing tutoring, i did it dimly because i badly needed a job. I was half-way through my first year of law school. My girlfriend, whom i hooked up with in September ’72, when i started school, was very high maintenance, grew up in a wealthy household, her parents were keeping her on a leash. So she started spending the money i borrowed to go to school. Seemed like i had a lot of money. It was all spent by New Year’s going out to eat, helping her buy stuff,… I kept giving her money because i didn’t want her to leave. Bad idea to have your first serious relationship at age 25. 🙂 So, i needed money. I helped her through a beginning statistics course. Saw a job opening at the Economic Opportunity Program tutting and doing study groups in statistics. Wasn’t sure i could do it. Didn’t have a great interview, but i was the only person who applied. Thus i began doing this in January ’73. Left law school in June ’74, stayed with the tutoring/teaching job (which changed as i became more experienced) till 2009/ Never had any idea when i was growing up that i could be a teacher. Taking that big chance in the face of fear was a good move, i think, looking back.
TheSwirlWorld says
September 30, 2015 at 9:39 PM@Jeff S. It’s funny how taking that one small step led to what became a cornerstone of your career. We do things that may seem small, or terrify us, and then it leads to things we never even expected.
Jeff S. says
September 29, 2015 at 7:46 PM“Fear” perhaps may be an exaggeration, i was more worried about looking like a fool, but the first time i did workshops in second year calculus, i wasn’t sure i had the two courses completely under control. Yet i decided i would go ahead, any setback would be a learning experience. Kept on doing it for another 27 years. 🙂 The same thing the first few times i did spin-dancing, risking falling on my ass and looking incompetent. At times i still worth initially early in the night, but then remember i don’t have to answer to anyone, no one is grading me and giving me a score.