Teaching high school ELA in an urban school taught me how to make Shakespeare culturally relevant. Providing one-on-one behavior intervention for violent special needs kids taught me about learning through play. Pushing struggling Kindergardeners to overcome learning gaps taught me to deconstruct even the basics. Instructing a mixed class of 2nd and 3rd graders taught me how to differentiate instruction based on individual learning needs. And now, teaching post-pandemic 5th graders obsessed with Fortnite has taught me how to keep shorter and shorter attention spans engaged in the classroom.