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I did ask for an 80-word introduction.

I am thankful to be here today and share things that I've learned.

I've learned so much for many of you, especially my family. As a son of a biology

professor and an elementary school teacher, husband to an English teacher, I have been

surrounded by educational excellence. I've also learned from willing and capable mentors from all

over the world and from current and former students.

Finally, I've learned how much work it takes to put these events together, and I am so grateful

to all those who had made this forum possible. When I received the email telling me I'd been

selected for this honor, I was off measuring rockets with my

students. That night, I lay wide awake as my mind raced, trying to make sense of what this meant,

my stewardship, as a teacher, a mentor, and a disciple scholar. And since I could not sleep,

I decided to listen to several Mazur fellows forum addresses.

Now prior award recipients may be pleased to know that their forums did absolutely nothing to

cure my insomnia. Rather, a sense of inadequacy grew as I listened about masterful efforts to learn, to teach, and to lift.

Imposter syndrome is a real thing.

And as I struggled to understand how I could now live up to what others thought of me,

a feeling that has persisted, I actually felt like my career was over. But as I prepared

this forum, I understood something new for me. My feelings represented a form of noise

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