Jesse Steele

I am Jesse Steele. I am a 2020 Bible Program alumnus from Tyner Academy. I currently attend Chattanooga State, where I’m pursuing my B.A. in Communications. I hope one day to become a Sports Commentator.

I took Bible my senior year at Tyner under the leadership of Mr. Randy Young. It was my first block class. I had no consistent exposure to the Bible prior to my Bible class. The class taught me a lot about how to treat other people and work together as a group. Mr. Young often put us in group projects with one or two other people, so we all had to come together and function as one unit. We had a lot of group work, so that prepared me for group collaboration, exchanging ideas, and sharing the workload. When you work in groups, you get to know people you wouldn’t normally be friends with.

Taking Bible really helped me grow to become the man I am today. At the time I took the class, I was just an average 12th grader. I was playful and childish. But the class with Mr. Young changed me a lot. It made me more focused in life. His class made me evaluate what I wanted to do and who I wanted to be. It made me think more closely about life, and be more intentional with my decisions. I think the seriousness of Jesus’ death on the cross really made me reevaluate some of my priorities. You never know when your moment [death] might come, so you better live your life with intentionality.