People who changed your life but you don't really talk to anymore... GO!
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My highschool geography/criminology teacher. He'd routinely make us discuss current events in class, and really make us analyse the points we brought up. It really helped guide me into making my own opinions rather than just accepting things at face value.
Shout-out to great teachers. Thanks Mr. Robin!
That's so cool. My 9th grade English teacher and my 10th and 12th grade history teacher definitely impacted me. I want to track them down, but I'm also kind of afraid that they're dead.
My former boss and his boss. They took a chance on me based on my enthusiasm, and got me started in my 'dream' role. But ultimately they were both just coworkers, and I haven't kept up contact (I did meet my boss' boss after leaving, for lunch at a conference, once) after I left that company.
All of the people who bullied me or disrespected me have pushed me to exceed their assumptions even if neither of us knew it at the time. I am a better person now than I was in the past BECAUSE of the challenges I have faced.
I’m a better person than I was in the past because the bully is gone and I am no longer mirroring that toxicity. I’m still seemingly permanently tainted by it but the level is much reduced since cutting ties.
Had I never been bullied, I’d definitely be a better person than I am now.
I think lots of people taught me and influenced me, good and bad. Every person I meet is a unique lesson or puzzle to unravel that enriches my understanding of myself and humans in general.