Mary-Ellen Courtemanche

When I was in high school, I had a teacher who pulled me aside to help me because I was struggling with a particularly hard assignment. She was able to show me a way to approach the assignment that made it easier for me to understand so that I could stick with it. She helped me build my self-esteem and encouraged me through each step, helping me see the path. I never forgot the lesson of how attitude & small decisions affects our behavior. In every job I have ever had, I have always been the one to train, to teach and to encourage and people said all the time “you should be a teacher”. I never thought I could – until I bumped into that high school teacher – and she said the same thing.