My Favorite Career Research Paper

For our generation, the field of education is a popular career path. Some millennials may choose this path because of job security, job flexibility in the ability to stay home and raise a family, simply because they would enjoy having the summers off, or most importantly because these people have an intense calling to serve children and see to their well being. I, however, know that I did not have a choice when deciding my career path. My destiny to become an educator was written in my DNA and further enforced with nearly every breath I took in every life experience I have had while growing up. These past few months as an official Teacher Candidate has especially solidified my idea in the way that I plan on running my classroom …show more content…
Now looking back, some of my favorite teachers had a similar Maria Montessori approach. These teachers whom I cherish and aspire to be like all had a “holistic philosophy,” (Johnson, V. Tozer 4) a view of the whole person. When I had difficulty concentrating because of personal matters and was unable to wrap my head around addition, one special woman found a different approach to reach me and brought me her personal abacus. She did not look at me as just another student, she viewed me as a whole being and totally This special woman is my favorite teacher: my kindergarten teacher, for she was a teacher like no other. She understood the difficulties I dealt with by having divorced parents and partially living out of state when in my father’s custody. She was understanding and caring in the way that she was never frustrated when I left an assignment at the wrong house and she able to handle my father and his outbursts with grace and she was soft in her words when explaining situations to me. One of my favorite feelings in her classroom is that of respect, because she talked to me as an equal and was genuinely concerned in my thoughts, feelings, and