Reflective Essay: The Role Of Education In Middle Schools

When I first started this program I thought that teaching would be easy. I knew that the teachers often spent long hours grading papers and coming up with lesson plans, but I had no idea just how complicated and research oriented those lessons were. I did not realize that there was so much philosophy involved in middle schools. This paper asks me what I personally believe my role is as a middle school teacher and what I need to do to meet the needs of my students and so I will tell you.

This I believe: I believe that all students regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status deserve a quality education. I believe that we as teachers have a responsibility to do the best we can to make sure that all of our students receive a developmentally appropriate education. I believe that we as teachers should push our students to be better than they ever thought they could be. I believe that we must take into consideration that all of our students …show more content…
Other than the first three years of their life the time they spend in middle school is the most transformative time of their life. During this time not only are the students going through many physical changes, but they are also in the middle of finding out who they are as a person.

There are several different aspects to consider when you think about the changes happening to your students. The first and most well know is obviously puberty. During this time their bodies are changing and growing into adulthood. This can lead to confusion as things start happening that have never happened before. As a teacher it is our job to take into consideration that the students are now pumped full of hormones that can and will affect their behavior. We should also be sensitive to the doubt that plagues these young people as they begin this rapid