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My journey for truth.

The Journalist turned teacher.... Journalism and teaching are strangely entwined... both pursue truth. Both allow for freedom of speech, and both require a sense of integrity and dedication to succeed. When I decide to sidetrack my main career - Journalism - to follow motherhood for a while, I believed I would see myself two years later working at a desk, pouring myself over copies to edit, and sipping endless cups of coffee that kept me going like a Porsche! A vision of the stereotypical journalist - a femme version of a la Jonah Jameson, so to speak. Two years later, I am living this vision (real time!) - pouring over copies to edit, and sipping cups of green tea (I took a detour from coffee to pursue the miracle drink in hopes to keep my sagging skin and spirits high!). However, in this real-time vision, there has been a change - I edit copies written by High School students. Yes, I am a teacher now... teaching high schoolers, Journalism. All of this happened as I was bat