Growing up, I lived in a rural area, and attended a school which people wouldn’t considered amongst the elite schools. While I attended my former high school, I didn’t think about the quality of my education. When I went to college, my education up to that point seemed to be sufficient enough in allowing me to graduate with a Bachelors’ of Science. Furthermore, as I talked to friends, it appears that they were pressure to get higher education. They too attended a public school. Their concerned confused me, because even though they didn’t attend college, I considered them to be well-educated. It got me wondering, if a person without a college degree can still be well-educated. Years ago, I met a woman and her daughter at a pool. The woman explained
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I am interested in these careers because education has always been an important part of my life. The topics of Native American education and the education of special needs students are great concerns. My personal history with these issues have led to my desire to pursue a career in educations. It’s my personal belief that discussion and teaching these topics to me are vital in prevention of racism and prejudice. My ideals as an educator or administrator, is that each child would be well-educated regardless of race, sex, and special …show more content…
Like in the case of my Science teacher, maybe the grades he taught didn’t work with him. Thinking about that, they both enjoyed being teachers. Getting a teachers license should involve more field work, and maybe more than one year of student teaching. If I were able to give my science teacher advice when he was getting his teacher’s license, I would tell him to seriously think about teaching at the college level.
College isn’t for everyone. In fact, I myself was a part of a high school class where only a handful of students attended college, and only a select few that would graduate. While going to college made me feel like I climbed a tall mountain, it obviously wasn’t the case to many of my peers. So the question is, who should be taught? When should “tracking” of these student take place. Who should go on to post-secondary
I am interested in these careers because education has always been an important part of my life. The topics of Native American education and the education of special needs students are great concerns. My personal history with these issues have led to my desire to pursue a career in educations. It’s my personal belief that discussion and teaching these topics to me are vital in prevention of racism and prejudice. My ideals as an educator or administrator, is that each child would be well-educated regardless of race, sex, and special …show more content…
Like in the case of my Science teacher, maybe the grades he taught didn’t work with him. Thinking about that, they both enjoyed being teachers. Getting a teachers license should involve more field work, and maybe more than one year of student teaching. If I were able to give my science teacher advice when he was getting his teacher’s license, I would tell him to seriously think about teaching at the college level.
College isn’t for everyone. In fact, I myself was a part of a high school class where only a handful of students attended college, and only a select few that would graduate. While going to college made me feel like I climbed a tall mountain, it obviously wasn’t the case to many of my peers. So the question is, who should be taught? When should “tracking” of these student take place. Who should go on to post-secondary