I find it funny that 12 years ago I would be inside my room with a bunch of papers, a ruler, and my grandma 's glasses on playing teacher with my friends. In that moment I would have never thought that being a teacher would be really what I would want to be when I grew up. I always found myself interested in teaching, I just never knew what grade or if I was really sure if that is what I wanted to do. I guess what helped me clear that up was the beginning of my senior year. It was a week before school and I received a phone call from the counselor, asking me if I would be interested to be a teacher assistant or a TA as we call it for one of my classes. I had a free block and I was not interested in the other classes that were offered so I accepted
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I would help them study their bag work and help them in other areas where they were having trouble. I would occasionally help Mrs. Robin and Mrs. Connie with their reading and math centers. That whole semester that I was Mrs. Robins TA I fell in love with the kids and with teaching. I loved the kid 's face when they would learn something new and how excited they would get to learn. I loved how excited they would be in the morning to come to school and ready to learn. In the beginning of my speech I mentioned that when I was 6 years old I would play teacher with my friends in my room and that I was always interested in being a teacher but I was not sure if that was what I wanted or even what grade I would want to teach. Well after being Mrs. Robin’s TA I was more than sure that being a teacher is what I wanted to be! Being a teacher is like a roller coaster, there can be bad times, good times, or even scary rides, but at the end of the ride it was all worth every second. So, in this speech i will outline the job description, preparation and advantages/disadvantages of a career as a kindergarten …show more content…
Being a teacher means you would have to be hearing, looking, and trying to pay attention to 18 to 20 kids everyday for at least 8 hours everyday, so some skills that are important are active listening and monitoring skills. Having these skills would be very helpful in such a chaos environment. Reading comprehension, writing, and speaking are other skills that are needed when thinking about being a teacher. Active learning, critical thinking, and learning strategies are other very important skills that are also needed. You may think that having so many duties and needing so many skills would pay off in your income but unfortunately that 's not the case. But like someone once said “Teachers: in it for the outcome not the
I would help them study their bag work and help them in other areas where they were having trouble. I would occasionally help Mrs. Robin and Mrs. Connie with their reading and math centers. That whole semester that I was Mrs. Robins TA I fell in love with the kids and with teaching. I loved the kid 's face when they would learn something new and how excited they would get to learn. I loved how excited they would be in the morning to come to school and ready to learn. In the beginning of my speech I mentioned that when I was 6 years old I would play teacher with my friends in my room and that I was always interested in being a teacher but I was not sure if that was what I wanted or even what grade I would want to teach. Well after being Mrs. Robin’s TA I was more than sure that being a teacher is what I wanted to be! Being a teacher is like a roller coaster, there can be bad times, good times, or even scary rides, but at the end of the ride it was all worth every second. So, in this speech i will outline the job description, preparation and advantages/disadvantages of a career as a kindergarten …show more content…
Being a teacher means you would have to be hearing, looking, and trying to pay attention to 18 to 20 kids everyday for at least 8 hours everyday, so some skills that are important are active listening and monitoring skills. Having these skills would be very helpful in such a chaos environment. Reading comprehension, writing, and speaking are other skills that are needed when thinking about being a teacher. Active learning, critical thinking, and learning strategies are other very important skills that are also needed. You may think that having so many duties and needing so many skills would pay off in your income but unfortunately that 's not the case. But like someone once said “Teachers: in it for the outcome not the