My name is Jordan and this is my third year as a teacher. I graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2014 and from there, went directly into a childcare center teaching Pre-K. Even though I absolutely loved the age of the Pre-K children, I realized that the job wasn't for me. My heart longed to be in a school environment where I knew that I could reach the lives of many many children and do what I wanted to do the most, teach.

I got a job teaching 5th grade at a local elementary school. After o...