My Personal Experience: My Experience At UCB

During my time at UCBA I unfortunately have not been very involved. I work two jobs while in school and I’ve had my priorities else where, but I am planning to change this during the next semester in the fall. I still have had many wonderful experiences thus far in my classes at UCBA. My professors and peers have pushed me a great deal, and I have continually been able to improve my academic habits for the better. The most memorable experience I have had so far was in my Introduction to Education class. During this class each student was required to obtain a minimum of ten observation hours within a classroom, where we simply observed the teacher. When this was completed we were required to complete a report on this experience within our final portfolio. This is an experience I truly believe I couldn’t have gotten during my first semester in college anywhere else I thought of going. It seems like a simplistic assignment, not necessarily one I’d gain so much knowledge from, or at least that was my assumption at the beginning. I was wrong, this was the single most eye opening activity I have done in school, and it definitely confirmed my major for me. I realized that teaching was without a doubt the job for me, despite any downsides to the job that I have been urged to believe. Like I said before I do believe had I not been enrolled here at …show more content…
I want to be able to get through to my students about kindness, and how important school really is, as well as treating each other the way they would want to be treated. I want to teach my students about the course material as well as life lessons better learned at a young age. I have so many goals to accomplish once I become a teacher, the main one would be being the very best teacher I can be, as well as the very best influence I can be on my students. I realize this must be the goals of every teacher, but I am very passionate about