Let Me Introduce Myself!

Breakey, D. ©2015

Welcome to my blog! My name is Darcy and I'm a 23 year old teacher education student. I graduated from the University of Guelph in 2014 with my Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies (IDS). When I embarked on my post grad education I envisioned graduating and working my dream job at the United Nations! I had unlimited optimism about changing the world and making a difference. After 4 years of discussing big world issues and complex problems facing people around the world I felt overwhelmed. There are two major things I learned from taking IDS: First, there is no right answer. Everything is circumstantial in a world that is ever changing and becoming more global every day. The second thing is, you can't take on the entire world all at once but you can find your place and make an impact. I went in to my freshman year with all the optimism a young eager student could bundle. During my third year I hit an all time low feeling extremely cynical and questioning my decision to take IDS. But, by graduation I had come to realize I just needed to find my place. All the talk I had done about issues abroad and learning about everywhere else had given me this urge to stay right here at home and make change in my own community. This is the moment I knew I wanted to be a teacher. 

I have always had a passion for coaching an instructing. My first love is hockey. I put on a pair of skates when I was 4 years old and have never taken them off. When my competitive career ended I jumped right into coaching. I always felt I'd be a better coach then player and I think I was right! Today, I take all the experiences I had during my time playing and pass it on to the next generation of players. I am the head coach of the Guelph Jr. Gryphon's Midget A team and there is nothing I love more then giving back to a game that gave so much to me. I enjoy working with kids and helping them realize their own potential. I am a big believer that players (or students) have the capability already within them and that it is my job to help them bring that capability to the surface. I am the facilitator of their development but they are the leader in their journey. Nothing satisfies me more then to see a player or student realize their goal and knowing that I helped them along their journey to success. 

I am beyond excited to finally start my journey to becoming a teacher. I hope I can inspire my students to think in a global context, to be socially responsible citizens of the world, to find something they love and create dreams out of it and most importantly to find their place and make a difference. But, before all that can start I have to get through the next 2 years of teachers college!! This is me, making my first ripple in the sea of teaching and this blog will chronicle that journey.