Figuring out well-thought questions to ask my teacher back home in California was arduous because there are a variety of questions to choose from. Scott Dufrense, a well-respected teacher back in high school, had just received his position as a teacher a couple years ago. It was his 3rd year going in as a Math teacher by the time I graduated. Lutheran High School wasn’t a well populated school. The school had nearly 500 students so it wasn’t difficult for him to fit in and connect with the students. He connected with the staff as well. When I interviewed him through FaceTime, I tried not to jump straight to the questions and complete my “assignment”. We started having a conversation about the things he did when he first started college and
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I also talked to him about what his main goals in college were and what things he did to get through that stage. Gladly, he told me everything about his success during his college life which really opened up the gates for me and it gave me an opportunity to re-think my future and consider doing different things. In addition, I gained much confidence about myself because I knew my personality will fit right into the teaching system. Slowly after talking about his start in college, I began taking notes just to understand the sacrifices and hard work he did during his college journey. I felt like this interview would benefit me in the near future with new information. After talking about the start and end of his college career, and understanding what he has been through, I had begun asking him questions on his first year as a teacher at Lutheran high school and also about what steps and goals he had in mind to accomplish for his path down the …show more content…
I learned that you really have to sacrifice your time for these kids and connect with them because once you do that, you will learn to succeed and everything will be easy towards you down the road as a teacher. Teaching isn 't an easy job. It 's really complicated but I learned that if you keep focused at all times and show sympathy toward your peers, anything is possible. This interview allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge towards the teaching career with only 8 questions that I will for sure use to carry on into my
I also talked to him about what his main goals in college were and what things he did to get through that stage. Gladly, he told me everything about his success during his college life which really opened up the gates for me and it gave me an opportunity to re-think my future and consider doing different things. In addition, I gained much confidence about myself because I knew my personality will fit right into the teaching system. Slowly after talking about his start in college, I began taking notes just to understand the sacrifices and hard work he did during his college journey. I felt like this interview would benefit me in the near future with new information. After talking about the start and end of his college career, and understanding what he has been through, I had begun asking him questions on his first year as a teacher at Lutheran high school and also about what steps and goals he had in mind to accomplish for his path down the …show more content…
I learned that you really have to sacrifice your time for these kids and connect with them because once you do that, you will learn to succeed and everything will be easy towards you down the road as a teacher. Teaching isn 't an easy job. It 's really complicated but I learned that if you keep focused at all times and show sympathy toward your peers, anything is possible. This interview allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge towards the teaching career with only 8 questions that I will for sure use to carry on into my