Teacher Tales #40 – Impact, Legacy and Your Why: Tony, MS Mandarin teacher, successful businessman and committed dreamer
In this episode, you will meet Tony, a middle school Mandarin teacher who once believed the most important thing he wanted to achieve in life was to pursue the “American dream” of success by going into business and eventually becoming a millionaire. He did pursue this dream, and was indeed successful. However, he felt unfulfilled and like he needed and wanted to do more. He discovered that money was not a true reward in life, but rather, that the greatest payback and reward that we can get is to make a difference in the life of a child and leave behind a legacy that will live on long after we are gone. Tony explores some deep philosophical questions for teachers…what is our why? and how do we honor those who have come before us and those who will come after us? and what is the true impact of a teacher?
Tony is an amazing teacher and person, I had the pleasure of working with him and he definitely made a positive impact on my life. Thank you Tony for being such a great acring teacher!
Tony Dong is my daughter’s Mandarin Immersion teacher at Sunrise Middle school. His teaching skills are truly extraordinary in teaching students from Mandarin Immersion to excel in the language as well as beginning Mandarin students. Dong Laoshi teaches his students in a way that they are retaining this difficult language which is shown in their end of year language test scores as well as making his class fun.
He is a brilliant teacher and we are so grateful he is our daughter’s teacher. Tony cares about each student and their achievements and shares with parents. We are so lucky to have him at Sunrise Middle School.