There are many reasons why I've chosen to become a teacher. I am comfortable and confident around students and I am quite organized. Although teaching is a challenge, I find it to be very rewarding; there are new challenges everyday. Whether I was coming home from practicum or camp, I always found myself coming home with a smile, because everyday I learned something or helped someone. The days I was not smiling, I was always going back with renewed energy and determination. I found I was able to understand students, connect with them and help them with their learning. I love helping students succeed because that’s exactly what my teachers did for me.
I was not always the strongest student. I struggled to express myself and was to shy to ask for help. I became interested in drama in high school; I had an amazing teacher who really inspired me and pushed me to be what I wanted. There are many reasons I decided to become a teacher but one of them was that very teacher. I saw and felt exactly how much a teacher can influence a student’s life in a positive way and I decided that I wanted to be a part of that process. I want to make an impression because I've seen that it takes only one teacher that really cares to make a difference in a student’s life.
Campers dancing in the halls like Michael Jackson with a complete disregard for the judgement of others. Having a five-year-old say to me, “I don’t really see any unicorns but I’m just pretending for the other kids” and one child’s response to another’s disbelief; “Stop it! You’re ruining our imaginations!” These are the things that make me want to teach. When we are young, we are open to new and unreal ideas! We are confident and we don’t care about others judging us, but as we grow older we lose that magic. We become self-conscious and conform to social norms; we hide who we are, thinking it’s the only way to fit in. Something as simple as dancing with friends becomes difficult because we don’t want to embarrass ourselves. This crippling fear of others passing judgment on us seems to be affecting students at younger and younger ages. I want to help young people hold on to the magic and older students to find it again. That is what teachers did for me and what I will now do for others when I become a teacher. That is the reason I have choose to teach.
I was not always the strongest student. I struggled to express myself and was to shy to ask for help. I became interested in drama in high school; I had an amazing teacher who really inspired me and pushed me to be what I wanted. There are many reasons I decided to become a teacher but one of them was that very teacher. I saw and felt exactly how much a teacher can influence a student’s life in a positive way and I decided that I wanted to be a part of that process. I want to make an impression because I've seen that it takes only one teacher that really cares to make a difference in a student’s life.
Campers dancing in the halls like Michael Jackson with a complete disregard for the judgement of others. Having a five-year-old say to me, “I don’t really see any unicorns but I’m just pretending for the other kids” and one child’s response to another’s disbelief; “Stop it! You’re ruining our imaginations!” These are the things that make me want to teach. When we are young, we are open to new and unreal ideas! We are confident and we don’t care about others judging us, but as we grow older we lose that magic. We become self-conscious and conform to social norms; we hide who we are, thinking it’s the only way to fit in. Something as simple as dancing with friends becomes difficult because we don’t want to embarrass ourselves. This crippling fear of others passing judgment on us seems to be affecting students at younger and younger ages. I want to help young people hold on to the magic and older students to find it again. That is what teachers did for me and what I will now do for others when I become a teacher. That is the reason I have choose to teach.