Persuasive Essay: Why I Want To Become A Teacher

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As a kid you hated the teachers in class trying to teach you the subject that no one gives a shit about, so what would make you want to be a teacher? As a current student I can tell you I was one of those kids thinking the exact same thing and asking myself the exact same questions. There are endless reasons on why I would like to become a teacher. With that there are plenty of things that influenced my choice of wanting to become a teacher and some would say they are unacceptable but some people are just too critical. What reasoning is good reasoning for wanting to become a teacher? Is it the chance or want to alter a student’s future forever or spark the interest of a student to a new subject? Altering some ones life forever in a greater …show more content…
Reasoning such as the benefits and hours are just so good why not? You get all these days off such as summers, personal, sick, and holidays. You get this sense of power and control, telling all of those little kids what to do all day and sometimes getting to raise your voice to scare the crap out of them. These are the people that are infatuated with the thought of teaching and put them selves through years of schooling and hate it. These are in fact unacceptable reasons for wanting to be a teacher, these reasons could lead to a poor teacher hurting and wasting the student’s time in the long …show more content…
I was influenced to become a teacher because of my love of history. I had a teacher that flamed and fueled my love of history in high school and it inspired me to consider the idea of maybe one day becoming a teacher just like them. Statistics that show there are staggering numbers of failing students entering today’s society influenced me in many ways as well. Those numbers alone influenced me in many ways because the thought of the contribution to society I could make by putting my heart into teaching 120 percent and sparking the love for history within our children, or maybe being the one influence who could possibly change a students’ mind to remain in school. I believe just showing a student I care for their well-being and holding them accountable for the good grades we are all capable of getting could be life changing for them. These are just a few reasons that influenced me to one day become a great

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