{"id":211,"date":"2016-10-04T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/?p=211"},"modified":"2016-10-04T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T18:50:55","slug":"whyiteach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2016\/10\/04\/whyiteach\/","title":{"rendered":"#WhyITeach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2016\/10\/08da1c9dbff9675e4ea6828db047ac0a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-212 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2016\/10\/08da1c9dbff9675e4ea6828db047ac0a-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"08da1c9dbff9675e4ea6828db047ac0a\" width=\"258\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2016\/10\/08da1c9dbff9675e4ea6828db047ac0a-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2016\/10\/08da1c9dbff9675e4ea6828db047ac0a.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, I am reminded of just how important it is to be true to yourself. It&#8217;s worth the struggle; and, in the end, the best version of yourself is better than giving in to the pressures around you.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not about recognition (even though recognition is satisfying); it&#8217;s about the reward that comes with being self-motivated to always do and be your best.<\/p>\n<p>Some days you do better than others (and that&#8217;s part of being human).<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Years from now when you ask yourself if what you did and who you are mattered &#8230; I hope your answer is a resounding &#8220;Yes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keeping fighting the good fight- I promise you, even on your worst day, it matters.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/keepmovingforward?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=4910023687880\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">KeepMovingForward<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/makeadifference?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=4910023687880\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">MakeaDifference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of the day, I am reminded of just how important it is to be true to yourself. It&#8217;s worth the struggle; and,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2016\/10\/04\/whyiteach\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#WhyITeach<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,23],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","tag-keep-moving-forward","tag-make-a-difference","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}