My mentor of fifteen years is dying and she keeps asking me to 'carry it forward' but we've never actually talked about what that means — and I realize I don't know how to be the kind of teacher she was, or even if I should try to be. We keep having these intense conversations where she's trying to give me something I'm not sure I can receive.
More people experience this than they realize.
The weight of inheriting a teaching legacy feels both sacred and impossible when the handoff was never made explicit.
“Where Are You with Teaching and mentorship as legacy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.