Growing up, I always saw my teachers as some of my favorite people in the world. Every school year I was so excited to see my teachers and get to know them. It wasn't until 2nd grade that I really thought about growing up and becoming a teacher. I had such an amazing teacher who was very compassionate and helped all of her students grow more and more everyday. After the school year ended, I still kept in touch with her and her personality and drive to help her students be the best they could be really stayed in my mind. She left such a lasting impact on me that I decided to go into the education field so I can make my students feel the way I did.
In school I was a very shy person in class and when teachers would do things like pull names out of cups or make every person give a presentation, it made me think that if I were a teacher I would do so many things differently. As my school years kept going, I saw a lot of things that can be improved with the school system and every time I saw that, it made me think of my 2nd grade teacher and how much better schools would be if we had about a million of her. My desire to teach comes from wanting to be the teacher that kids still keep in touch with years later because they felt like they had such a fun and educational year.
I want to teach either 1st or 2nd grade because younger kids are still new to the school systems and can be more passionate about learning. The past 3 years I have worked in a child center at a gym and every day the kids say the craziest things and are always teaching me new things so I would love to teach and work with them on a daily basis. The subject I would want to teach would be English as I love to read and write.
Hi Maya,
ReplyDeleteFirstly, it is amazing that you are still in touch with your 2nd grade teacher. That is a great photo of the two of you. You are very fortunate you had her as a model. And, I believe your future students will benefit from her influence too. Amazing story. Best wishes in this class.
Hi Maya, I also would love to teach younger kids and I love to write as well! I love that you want to make the same path your teacher did to impact you. It's definitely a great thing to make connections with all of your students!
ReplyDeletei love what you say about the grade you want to teach. i completely agree younger kids are shapable and love to learn still. i like how you know how it feels to be called on or put on the spot so you want to avoid that with your students. your future students will appreciate you for that one day.
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