Teacher Assistant Research Paper

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Would you have ever thought that one class in high school would help you decided what career you wanted to do for the rest of your life. I’ve always wanted to work with children i just didn't know what type of job i would do to work with them. i thought about being a psychologist going into my sophomore and junior year of high school i was all set and ready for that job career, i thought i knew that's what i was going to be and i was all set there was n o changing it, but i was wrong when i started my senior year and I had a Teacher Assistant class for the kindergartens. I have never wanted to be a teacher because i didn't exactly like school and i have never thought of myself as the teacher type, but this class has showed me that i actually love being a teacher and i have the qualities of being a teacher. …show more content…
i have also help a lot in daycares for community services and have learned from that also. when i was babysitting and working in the daycare i never complain once because it was something i enjoyed doing, i absolutely love to do it. To work with children you have to be caring, kind, also you have to have lots of patience. working with children has taught me so many qualities and how to act and solve problems and how to become a leader, and become an independent women for example when there are multiple kids arguing over a situation it has taught me on how to work it out with children and how to help them so it's fair. all of these incidents and problem has made me the young adult i am

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