Episode 1: Student Perspective

Our first guest for our podcast was Miashanti Smith.  She was a student of mine who had an amazingly positive attitude on life.  Miashanti dreamed of playing professional football and I remember laughing, in my head of course, because she was a young woman.  Little did I know that their was a professional football league and now, she is a significant role player for the Pittsburgh Passion.  Outside of her dream she also faced a variety of other hurdles to tackle: oldest of 12 siblings, living in a dangerous neighborhood, being identified as having special needs, and just being a teenager trying to fit in.

In this episode we discuss:

The power of LISTENING

Growth Mindset

Dealing with Adversity

Urgency in Education – How that influences the learning process

The POWER of Building Significant Relationships

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