Jeff Bearden didn’t always know he wanted to be an educator. “I was one of those kids that didn’t have any clue what I wanted to do with my life,” he said. “I was taking classes at West Georgia College, and there was no rhyme or reason, and I just thought, ‘What am I doing?’” The Forsyth County Schools superintendent later found his passion in education, but his journey to that discovery and time since are represented in seven items he owns he finds most beloved.