Essay on My Dream to Become a Teacher

it lays the foundation for critical reading. In order to do so, the teacher must provide the purpose and give them the opportunity to practice on their own. In addition, the importance of vocabulary was mentioned because, through reading children learn more vocabulary than directed instruction. And by learning vocabulary they are able to learn more abstract concepts about their language, such as symbols and metaphors, and become more advanced readers. In Teaching Language and Literacy,…

I am in my fourth year of teaching in York County, for a total of five years teaching high school science in Virginia. During those five years, I have taught high school students at the: freshman, sophomore, junior and senior levels. Educational technology is always a vital part of each grade level. I want to be a contributing, valuable member of the Curriculum & Educational Technology (CET) program. Earning my degree in CET will help me pursue my dream of becoming a leader and innovator in…

Throughout the book Dumbing Us Down by Gatto, the author challenges the curriculum of compulsory schooling and offers his ideas for its transformation. Gatto, a school teacher for over twenty six years, criticizes the national curriculum of schooling in his book by stating that it prevents children from learning how to think and act and ultimately dumbs them down. He believes children should be focused primarily on making…

I never in my wildest dreams would have imagined myself being an ESL teacher. That was never the plan. But Guatemala changed me in ways that are indescribable. It was there that I found that teaching English as a Second Language is my passion. I am now starting on the journey of becoming a degree certified ESL teacher. I dream of continuing to teach ESL abroad and in the United States. First I fell in love with Guatemala, then I fell in love with Javier. I had decided before I met Javier that I…

decided to attend military service, I later switched towards civil service and completed my mandatory 10 months at a local hospital. In 2005 I started an internship at a travel agency that concluded with a degree as a travel agent. After my successful internship I decided to become an Au-Pair in 2006 in the United States. After returning to Europe late 2007, I applied for US citizenship (naturalized through my American father) and returned to the US shortly after. Around 2009 I decided to go…

I had a burning hole in my pocket. I would often get a fifty cent allowance per day for a chore, and I would end up spending my money on the cheapest makeup product or toy at Dollar Tree. I did not own a piggy bank, nor have ever thought of owning one. At this point in my life, spending money was becoming a slow addiction. However, this all changed when I took a trip to my garage. The garage was a forbidden place for me. I was once banned from the room due to all of my dad’s dangerous work…

Throughout my life, my greatest influences have come from people who have never given up on me. These people have influenced me the most because they not only share their wisdom with me, but they have also driven me to work harder to reach my potential. Though it took me a while to see their effect me, their perseverance, hard work, and belief in me has always been my inspiration to strive towards higher goals, and has also made me realize how I have to overcome my own weaknesses to make my…

school, I was little worried about how I was going to do academically. It had exposed my true color. Both good and bad, and as a result this has built many aspects of my character. My experience at Lincoln High School have turned me into the person who I am today. Coming in from middle school having no idea about high school, I would say my freshman year was one of the hardest year I ever had. I learned a lot about my qualities such as strengths and…

when everything changed. I lost to very close and influential people in my life that I always looked up as they helped guide me in my life and future path. Getting the news that my Grandma had passed away from old age and my Aunt dying from a heart attack is just the worse thing anybody can ever hear, especially if they were your role models and heroes. They were the ones who influenced me to become an accountant and become a CPA, they guided me to taking the right classes in school and what I…

My heart raced, as he stared at me with his bloodthirsty eyes. I had never been more scared in my entire life. “Hold out your hands,” he said, “the more you resist, the more it is going to hurt.” I knew I was in for a great deal of pain. I was about twelve years old, when my parents sent me to weekend school. They thought it was going to be a great way to become more knowledgeable about my religion. Everything about the school is a blur; the only thing I remember about it is the teacher: a…