I’m currently in my sophomore year in college. I was born in Houston and only the third person in my family to attend college, the first to pursue mechanical engineering. I find engineering very interesting and something that is worth learning because of how deep it goes into both physics and mathematics. I spend a lot of my spare time trying to learn as many new things as I can. Currently I’m learning outside of my academics is acting, gymnastics, rock climbing, and swimming. There isn’t anything that I would ever take pride in, not because I’m bad at everything but because I find it meaningless. It won't benefit me much if I look at the good things I've done. If I had to pick some things that I’m good at I'd say running and the saxophone.
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I have a very big problem with the way public education teaches students. As mentioned in the grand challenge “Throughout the educational system, teaching has traditionally followed a one-size-fits-all approach to learning, with a single set of instructions provided identically to everybody in a given class, regardless of differences in aptitude or interest.” (Advance Personalized Learning). I feel like I’d be most useful is promoting a better way of teaching if I work in person with these students. I’ve noticed that students learn better when the teacher is more engaged with the students instead of just focusing on giving a lecture. By feeling comfortable with a teacher students would be more compelled to ask questions they don't feel confident asking. There are some high schools that have their engineering programs so I could possibly start there. Obviously to work in such a program I would need to at least have a bachelor's degree in engineering, have a teaching degree, and be licensed to teach engineering. There are some schools in New York that have these types of high schools programs where “ students can opt to concentrate in engineering, selecting courses on topics such as civil engineering and architecture.”(How To Become An Engineering Teacher). Obviously I would be working for the school district that I'm in and I would have to report to the principle of that school, occasionally a
I have a very big problem with the way public education teaches students. As mentioned in the grand challenge “Throughout the educational system, teaching has traditionally followed a one-size-fits-all approach to learning, with a single set of instructions provided identically to everybody in a given class, regardless of differences in aptitude or interest.” (Advance Personalized Learning). I feel like I’d be most useful is promoting a better way of teaching if I work in person with these students. I’ve noticed that students learn better when the teacher is more engaged with the students instead of just focusing on giving a lecture. By feeling comfortable with a teacher students would be more compelled to ask questions they don't feel confident asking. There are some high schools that have their engineering programs so I could possibly start there. Obviously to work in such a program I would need to at least have a bachelor's degree in engineering, have a teaching degree, and be licensed to teach engineering. There are some schools in New York that have these types of high schools programs where “ students can opt to concentrate in engineering, selecting courses on topics such as civil engineering and architecture.”(How To Become An Engineering Teacher). Obviously I would be working for the school district that I'm in and I would have to report to the principle of that school, occasionally a