Teacher: My future profession

I am naturally curious. If I don’t know about something I quickly find a way to look it up. The main reason why I got Internet on my cell phone is so I can always have access to look up various topics I come across. I consider myself a life-long learner. I will never be an expert at anything because I am always learning something new. The idea of teaching, where I can have the opportunity to directly influence young lives, learn something new every day, be challenged and be creative with different lessons excites me. With my background in New Media and Journalism, I will be able to bring a unique perspective to lesson plans and will be able to use technology to enhance lessons that will intrigue the students.

I didn’t always want to be a teacher. I wasn’t like so many other future teachers who knew deep in their soul that teaching was their career at a young age. I didn’t really consider teaching until I was in graduate school studying New Media. I remember my freshman year in college when I was trying to figure out which career path to take, my mother suggested teaching. I remember saying I don’t want to teach someone’s bad kid. As I got older, the idea of teaching started to pop in my head regularly. I do enjoy being around children, I love the satisfaction of helping someone understand something and I like to encourage children to always strive to be better at something. The more and more I thought about it education is a field that I really want to be a part of. I’ve always enjoyed being in school and my favorite class was always English. I loved writing book reports, reading books and writing in my journal. I want to bring my love of reading and writing to the lives of teenagers to inspire them and teach them how to be productive citizens.

I know being a teacher is no walk in the park. I’ve observed classrooms of middle school students, talked to many teachers, read blogs and researched the field to know all the ups and downs of the profession. I know if you don’t have good classroom management your students will walk all over you. I know about the endless grading, the parents who think there child can do no wrong and the pointless meetings, but I am ready for the challenge and will not give up. A quote from Theodore Roosevelt is “The best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” I know without a doubt being a teacher will be so much hard work, but it will be worth it. I won’t complain about issues going in the school, I will try my best to find solutions and then implement them. Students today need more guidance than ever, so I will try my best to get to know my students and structure my lessons so that it will interest them. I hope they will take something from me that will help them succeed in life.