Why I Want To Do Personal Accomplishments

I am a teacher graduated from Mexico. When I got married I moved to the United States, and English became my second language. I wanted to keep teaching children, so I applied to work for a school in Idaho Falls. With this first experience I became familiar with teaching in this country. I moved to Alaska, and I started to work in another school with a temporary teaching certificate. I had a year to pass the required test to get certified within the State. On my first intent to get certified I didn’t pass it. I encouraged my self to keep trying. I took the required test five more times and I couldn’t get the score I needed. That was my first year of failures. We moved to Houston, and I found another job in another school. After a couple of years, I thought I needed to try again. I took the required test to get certified in Texas and I failed it six times. I found a program that prepared me for the test. After three times failing the …show more content…
My feelings were that I was not capable of progressing on my career because the lack of confidence. I thought I was never going to be able to understand instructions, trainings, or even a class. I was really amazed with friends for their achieves in their lives. One day I talked to a friend about her career. She shared with me her goals for her future. I asked her about her struggles with English being her second language. She told me that it was difficult sometimes for her. Nevertheless, she seemed not to care about that so much. She was more focused on what she was trying to do for her future success than the obstacles that could be on her way. She said, “I am just doing what I like to do the most, teaching.” She showed me not fear and passion for what she was doing. It was like me talking, so I thought “Hey I can do that too.” I started to believe in myself, and I got encouraged to look for a career to help me improve my