What do you think is your greatest achievement?

“I feel like I’ve had a significant impact on a number of students. I’ve had people come back and tell me they remember my 7th grade class. I’ve helped many people excel at fencing here at The Masters School. For me personally, marrying my wife and having a sixth month old is a great accomplishment. I fenced well when I was someone who fenced competitively. That pales in comparison to the other things I’ve done that are more interesting and useful and are all about trying to help other people, and I feel like that’s what any teacher would really say. They don’t get into teaching for money, they get into teaching for the psychic income in helping others.”

– Paul Friedman, 7th grade Humanities teacher and fencing coach

I think Mr. Friedman brings up something that is one of the most sacred aspects of the Masters community: helping. Beyond just MISH, Masters has an incredible amount of opportunities for different parts of the community to interact and help other parts of the community, whether it be on campus or off. It’s part of what makes Masters unique. Over the course of the four years I’ve been at Masters, I have noticed that we do things for the “psychic income” that is gained in helping others, as Mr. Friedman mentions, rather than for our own vanity’s sake. In a world filled with menacing selfishness, communities like Masters give me hope for the future.