05/15/2026
Matthew Egleston, Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy 3rd Grade Teacher
Q: If your students only remember one unspoken lesson from your class 10 years from now, what do you hope that lesson will be?
A: I hope that, years from now, my students will remember that "it's ok." It's ok to NOT be perfect. It's ok to swing and miss. It's ok to fail, horribly. It's ok to aim too high at first. It's ok to fall flat on your face. Make a bazillion mistakes. Learn from those mistakes. Just get back up. Readjust your aim. Failure is "Success, Part 1." Take another swing. Work toward YOUR "perfect." It's ok. If ever they look back at our time together, I hope they remember that it's ok. They're human.