Dr. Marc Brackett

know my circumstances and i felt i need to just share that a little bit not the focus but i needed to be i need to be real so i'm sharing about uncle marvin the sixth grade teacher from monticello new york state and this guy has this like like that woman in the audience he had an epiphany he's like are you talking about marvin moore the sixth grade social studies teacher from monticello new york i'm like yes he's like mark you're not going to believe this but your uncle marvin was my uncle marvin i'm like are you kidding me he's like

your uncle was my sixth grade teacher 45 years ago, and he's the reason why I teach. I was blown away. I was shaking so excited that I never met one of my uncle's actual students because we worked when I was older. He was older. And so I said to the guy, I've got to finish my speech, but can I interview you afterwards? He's like, yeah. So I interviewed this guy. I have it on tape.

your uncle was my sixth grade teacher 45 years ago, and he's the reason why I teach. I was blown away. I was shaking so excited that I never met one of my uncle's actual students because we worked when I was older. He was older. And so I said to the guy, I've got to finish my speech, but can I interview you afterwards? He's like, yeah. So I interviewed this guy. I have it on tape.

your uncle was my sixth grade teacher 45 years ago, and he's the reason why I teach. I was blown away. I was shaking so excited that I never met one of my uncle's actual students because we worked when I was older. He was older. And so I said to the guy, I've got to finish my speech, but can I interview you afterwards? He's like, yeah. So I interviewed this guy. I have it on tape.

45 minutes, what he remembered about his sixth grade social studies class. I mean, I have no memories of my social studies class. This guy remembered details of my uncle's facial expression, body language, the way he taught feelings, the way he taught history. It was on and on and on. But here's the kicker.

45 minutes, what he remembered about his sixth grade social studies class. I mean, I have no memories of my social studies class. This guy remembered details of my uncle's facial expression, body language, the way he taught feelings, the way he taught history. It was on and on and on. But here's the kicker.

45 minutes, what he remembered about his sixth grade social studies class. I mean, I have no memories of my social studies class. This guy remembered details of my uncle's facial expression, body language, the way he taught feelings, the way he taught history. It was on and on and on. But here's the kicker.

So we're done with this conversation, and he looks at me, and he's like, you know, Mark, it's really clear that your uncle had a profound influence on your life. And so I just have one question for you. For whom are you an Uncle Marvin? And it just like, oh, like I'm the professor here. I'm the one who does the teaching, right? I do the research. You don't ask me questions like that.

So we're done with this conversation, and he looks at me, and he's like, you know, Mark, it's really clear that your uncle had a profound influence on your life. And so I just have one question for you. For whom are you an Uncle Marvin? And it just like, oh, like I'm the professor here. I'm the one who does the teaching, right? I do the research. You don't ask me questions like that.

So we're done with this conversation, and he looks at me, and he's like, you know, Mark, it's really clear that your uncle had a profound influence on your life. And so I just have one question for you. For whom are you an Uncle Marvin? And it just like, oh, like I'm the professor here. I'm the one who does the teaching, right? I do the research. You don't ask me questions like that.

And it was so eye-opening for me about just, you know, my life in terms of how I spend my time with my own family. And am I...

And it was so eye-opening for me about just, you know, my life in terms of how I spend my time with my own family. And am I...

And it was so eye-opening for me about just, you know, my life in terms of how I spend my time with my own family. And am I...

giving that non-judgment am i giving that act of listening am i showing my empathy and compassion i'm like i'm a workaholic you know i write the papers i'm not living it and it really has made a profound difference for me you know i really try hard uh to be an uncle marvin and it's tough because time right all the factors that we talked about earlier but gosh you know if we only had more of those in our world

giving that non-judgment am i giving that act of listening am i showing my empathy and compassion i'm like i'm a workaholic you know i write the papers i'm not living it and it really has made a profound difference for me you know i really try hard uh to be an uncle marvin and it's tough because time right all the factors that we talked about earlier but gosh you know if we only had more of those in our world

giving that non-judgment am i giving that act of listening am i showing my empathy and compassion i'm like i'm a workaholic you know i write the papers i'm not living it and it really has made a profound difference for me you know i really try hard uh to be an uncle marvin and it's tough because time right all the factors that we talked about earlier but gosh you know if we only had more of those in our world

I appreciate that.

I appreciate that.

I appreciate that.