Becoming A Special Education Teacher Essay

Growing up I have always found myself disinterested in school and could never seem to find my way. I grew up with a learning disability and always found myself struggling with my classes and barely getting by. I constantly found myself looking at the clock waiting for it to be 2:30, it seemed as if the day was never going to end. Nothing about school seemed exciting to me, I only had a handful of friends and felt like I was incompetent and incapable of accomplishing anything. It wasn’t until High School when I started to find myself and discover who I was. I started to break out of my shell and left the shy, “stupid” girl behind. I started making more friends and doing well in classes. During my senior year I felt the pressure of figuring out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I had not a clue what college I wanted to go to …show more content…
One of my most memorable experiences I’ve had as a teacher, was when I student taught as a preschool teacher in Burlington Vermont with inner city children. These children mostly came from low income families and also single family homes. The children in the class were all 3 or 4 years old. One of my first days in the class I saw two children fighting in the class, I walked over to the children to try to figure out what was going on, one of the children looked at me and started using vulgar language towards me. I knew right then and there, this class was not going to be an easy group. After working with this challenging group I learned that listening is key to being a successful teacher. These children just needed someone they could trust and someone that would listen to