We had the opportunity to catch up with our very busy Assistant Director, Isaac Marcor, about his Belling a couple of months ago ...
This is what he had to say:
"I am honored to have been bestowed this award by my community, specifically the Ben's Bells Project. May Ben always live on in the spirit of everything we do, as individuals and as a city.
There are many people doing great things in our community and the Old Pueblo's growth is a testament to this. Tucson is made up of persons who care about their 'proximal', their neighbors, and I am a proud product of growing up in such a community.
We are not unique in this attitude but we are unique in our history, our will to not only survive but thrive in the desert, our small town vibe in an ever growing metropolitan area.
For this reason I am very grateful that out of all of my neighbors, at that instance, I was chosen to be granted this recognition for what I do. What I will say about this is that I do not feel that this is a recognition about what I have done but, instead, a recognition of what I have been able to remind my students, my pupils, and my peers of. We are all capable of greatness! so often I am not teaching content or material. What I do in my sessions is act as a guru or life coach to remind - or rather - change my students' attitude about what they can achieve.
I am a very fortunate person. I have had the great example of my grandparents, my parents, my family and close friends. They have always instilled in me the knowledge that I can achieve whatever it is I put my heart to. I am lucky in that way. I did nothing to deserve the upbringing I had but, none the less, I had it and I guess, in many ways, this is how I pay it forward.
To have shared this moment with graduates of Soar with the Eagles was nothing short of awe inspiring - and that they had been my own students made it even more so. To know that their efforts have paid dividends in either exactly the way they intended them to or, in other ways, opened the door to opportunities they hadn't imagined is amazing. If I may grant myself the opportunity to shed some light on need, I shall. We need to be reminded to be selfless, to do more for the less fortunate in our community. The impact an hour or two a week can have on those who were not believed in is surprising; or, maybe they were believed in but the impact a person outside their familiar circle telling them they can achieve is great.
I've seen this first hand, my students are living proof of this and for this - and many other reasons - I will always be proud of them.
When reflecting on why I give of my time and why I tutor, the best answer I have come up with is as follows:
There comes a time when 'because we should' needs to inspire us,
and 'because we can' is reason enough.
Thank you for this acknowledgment, I am humbled. May we never cease to do for others, for it is in this way that we truly come to know ourselves."
This is what he had to say:
"I am honored to have been bestowed this award by my community, specifically the Ben's Bells Project. May Ben always live on in the spirit of everything we do, as individuals and as a city.
There are many people doing great things in our community and the Old Pueblo's growth is a testament to this. Tucson is made up of persons who care about their 'proximal', their neighbors, and I am a proud product of growing up in such a community.
We are not unique in this attitude but we are unique in our history, our will to not only survive but thrive in the desert, our small town vibe in an ever growing metropolitan area.
For this reason I am very grateful that out of all of my neighbors, at that instance, I was chosen to be granted this recognition for what I do. What I will say about this is that I do not feel that this is a recognition about what I have done but, instead, a recognition of what I have been able to remind my students, my pupils, and my peers of. We are all capable of greatness! so often I am not teaching content or material. What I do in my sessions is act as a guru or life coach to remind - or rather - change my students' attitude about what they can achieve.
I am a very fortunate person. I have had the great example of my grandparents, my parents, my family and close friends. They have always instilled in me the knowledge that I can achieve whatever it is I put my heart to. I am lucky in that way. I did nothing to deserve the upbringing I had but, none the less, I had it and I guess, in many ways, this is how I pay it forward.
To have shared this moment with graduates of Soar with the Eagles was nothing short of awe inspiring - and that they had been my own students made it even more so. To know that their efforts have paid dividends in either exactly the way they intended them to or, in other ways, opened the door to opportunities they hadn't imagined is amazing. If I may grant myself the opportunity to shed some light on need, I shall. We need to be reminded to be selfless, to do more for the less fortunate in our community. The impact an hour or two a week can have on those who were not believed in is surprising; or, maybe they were believed in but the impact a person outside their familiar circle telling them they can achieve is great.
I've seen this first hand, my students are living proof of this and for this - and many other reasons - I will always be proud of them.
When reflecting on why I give of my time and why I tutor, the best answer I have come up with is as follows:
There comes a time when 'because we should' needs to inspire us,
and 'because we can' is reason enough.
Thank you for this acknowledgment, I am humbled. May we never cease to do for others, for it is in this way that we truly come to know ourselves."