There are several reasons I wish to become an educator. I have always loved teaching, whatever capacity it was in. I have always leaned towards education in career options, extracurricular activities, and within the classroom. Almost all of my employment opportunities have been within a teaching role, from coaching color guard teams to being a camp counselor in the summers. The challenge of helping others succeed and thrive off of their accomplishments is something I enjoy immensely. It brings me a lot of joy and pride to observe a student become passionate about a subject and to watch them develop over time. I have seen it numerous times while coaching and there truly isn’t anything more rewarding.
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Reed High School, I was able to take a course that focused solely on Shakespeare 's texts. In this course, my instructor, Mrs. Jones, had us study Hamlet in a non-traditional way. Instead of reading the play she presented the class with a graphic novel. This was an impactful learning experience for me because my first reaction to this medium was extremely negative. I did not fully understand the value of having the illustrations paired with the play. To me, it seemed as if it would be easier to read the play and after watch a performance. At that point, I did not have a strong sense of the type of learner I was. I did not understand if I was a visual, auditory, read-write, or kinesthetic learner in the classroom. Assuming that I was a read-write learner since that was the way I thought I learned most efficiently, I didn 't imagine that I would learn as much in this medium.
Learning through a new medium allowed me to look at the text differently and change my thinking about the play. Upon receiving the graphic novel and dissecting it, I began to appreciate the illustrations since they represented the original medium of Hamlet. I did not have to visualize how the characters were speaking because they had facial expression and body language. It was as if I was watching the play, but I could slow down at any point and analyze the text. I loved reading Hamlet this way and it even caused me to seek out a graphic novels course at the collegiate
The biggest reason I wish to become …show more content…
Reed High School, I was able to take a course that focused solely on Shakespeare 's texts. In this course, my instructor, Mrs. Jones, had us study Hamlet in a non-traditional way. Instead of reading the play she presented the class with a graphic novel. This was an impactful learning experience for me because my first reaction to this medium was extremely negative. I did not fully understand the value of having the illustrations paired with the play. To me, it seemed as if it would be easier to read the play and after watch a performance. At that point, I did not have a strong sense of the type of learner I was. I did not understand if I was a visual, auditory, read-write, or kinesthetic learner in the classroom. Assuming that I was a read-write learner since that was the way I thought I learned most efficiently, I didn 't imagine that I would learn as much in this medium.
Learning through a new medium allowed me to look at the text differently and change my thinking about the play. Upon receiving the graphic novel and dissecting it, I began to appreciate the illustrations since they represented the original medium of Hamlet. I did not have to visualize how the characters were speaking because they had facial expression and body language. It was as if I was watching the play, but I could slow down at any point and analyze the text. I loved reading Hamlet this way and it even caused me to seek out a graphic novels course at the collegiate