Monday’s class was unlike any class I have ever been a part of before in my life. Although the content was nothing new to me, the context was. The way in which information had been communicated opened my eyes to a style of teaching I had only previously witnessed in cinema: a style that had once given me clear insight to why I am working to become a teacher now brings me to genuinely study my intentions.
Why have I chosen to become a teacher? Last year, I could have rattled off several responses to this question without hesitation. I wanted to change the world “one crop at a time,” I used to say. I wanted to renew this countries potential for self-sustainability by way of instructing youth how to grow crops and provide for themselves. I wanted …show more content…
Keating’s teaching style is hands-on, my preferred way to teach and to learn, and can make lessons personal for his students without them always realizing it. He actively keeps his pupils’ minds turning, bringing them to utilize their critical thinking skills and look at content from different angles. During the film, he stands upon his desk during a lesson and questions his students why he is doing so. John Keating then proclaims, “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way” (Weir, 2000). Mr. Keating reaches his students in a way no other professors do, inspiring them to filter knowledge through their own perspective and experience. This encouragement to make personal connections is what I experienced in Monday’s …show more content…
I once was sure that I knew, but I am still on a journey, a learning experience, to find that out for myself. Are my reasons heavily extrinsic, or maybe intrinsic? I know that I do not much care for striving towards a hefty salary, so strike that one off the extrinsic list. I know that I do not care much for power, so we can cross that one out as well. But, I am motivated by the self-satisfaction gained from helping another person, i.e. a student, especially during such a stressful time such as adolescence. I love the idea of positively influencing a healthy outlook that can be carried through the rest of their lives. In the end, it seems my intrinsic motivation to becoming a part of the educational system out-ways my extrinsic motivation, and has from the start. I just need to rediscover how pressing that motivation
Why have I chosen to become a teacher? Last year, I could have rattled off several responses to this question without hesitation. I wanted to change the world “one crop at a time,” I used to say. I wanted to renew this countries potential for self-sustainability by way of instructing youth how to grow crops and provide for themselves. I wanted …show more content…
Keating’s teaching style is hands-on, my preferred way to teach and to learn, and can make lessons personal for his students without them always realizing it. He actively keeps his pupils’ minds turning, bringing them to utilize their critical thinking skills and look at content from different angles. During the film, he stands upon his desk during a lesson and questions his students why he is doing so. John Keating then proclaims, “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way” (Weir, 2000). Mr. Keating reaches his students in a way no other professors do, inspiring them to filter knowledge through their own perspective and experience. This encouragement to make personal connections is what I experienced in Monday’s …show more content…
I once was sure that I knew, but I am still on a journey, a learning experience, to find that out for myself. Are my reasons heavily extrinsic, or maybe intrinsic? I know that I do not much care for striving towards a hefty salary, so strike that one off the extrinsic list. I know that I do not care much for power, so we can cross that one out as well. But, I am motivated by the self-satisfaction gained from helping another person, i.e. a student, especially during such a stressful time such as adolescence. I love the idea of positively influencing a healthy outlook that can be carried through the rest of their lives. In the end, it seems my intrinsic motivation to becoming a part of the educational system out-ways my extrinsic motivation, and has from the start. I just need to rediscover how pressing that motivation