In continuation to the blog earlier this week, Sunny-Marie Birney prolongs with her personal dedication to the gratification she returns to those who paved the path she travels today. Birney explains the gift of learning and excelling as an act of community service. If someone takes the time to teach you and be an asset in your life, it is then your duty to in return do the same and give back to the community. As she reflects on her personal life she evaluates how monumental the contributions of African American female educators, both past and present, have influenced the lives of each student they have encountered. She goes on to express the legacy of academic excellence is one that she will cherish for both herself as well as secure her feet when she teaches. For example, her dedication to build relationships with her students based upon sharing, caring, and nurturing. African American female teachers have the power to be mothers to children who lack that parental figure at home if they simple take the time to care. All it takes is for one teacher to see potential within a student and have the student bring out the best in him or herself. Once they appreciate the wonder from within themselves they will soar to a greater height. When African American female educators take you under their guidance, you become part of a collective group of women who historically have mothered countless millions. The power of knowing, interacting, and studying with African American females is a miraculous experience. Seeds are deposited within their spirit that they in return are able to deposit in the lives of others as they teach what they were taught. She also explains how one does not have to be in the traditional classroom in order to touch the lives of someone in ways never imagined possible. Just make an everlasting impression that they will never forget.
-Brittney L. Echols
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