College Admissions Essay: A Career As An English Teacher

When I was in the seventh grade I had an English teacher who was not bad at her job, but she was also not amazing. I do not remember her name as it has been years since she has been my teacher. The thought of her does bring back memories, though. English was my favorite subject, so I really enjoyed that class. My memories had nothing to do with the class, however. Often times I found myself in that class thinking about all of the ways that I could improve it. Instead of calling names by my choice, I could create a wheel with everybody’s names on it. I would then designate a student to spin it when I had a question. It would be awesome, and everybody would love it. I thought of so many ideas and nobody was using them. This blew my mind. They …show more content…
“I could be a great teacher” I thought. Usually that thought was followed up by “but teachers are lame”. Well now I am studying to get a degree in English education. My competitiveness got the better of me, and I went from “I can do better” to “I will show them”. My motive for teaching is not to show everybody up, however. That challenge would be way too easy with my revolutionary middle school ideas. My motives have changed, and my passion has grown since then. I soon realized that my ideas were all pretty terrible. I began to take the idea of becoming a teacher seriously in the eighth grade and I realized that this was my calling late in high school. I have many motivations for wanting to teach, but my biggest two are my desire to be a mentor for my students, and my drive to change the …show more content…
My goals for teaching are not limited by the borders of the United States of America. Do not get me wrong, I do want to teach here, but only for a short time. The world needs good educators. Education is the most important necessity for developing countries. It has the power to break the chains of poverty for anybody who commits themselves to it. Not only does the world need good educators, but it also needs Christians. It needs Christians who are willing to go anywhere to share their faith and help the community. I want to change the world through education, and I want to spread the gospel of Christ in the