Why I Want to Be a Teacher

in the middle of learning about standardized tests we were interrupted by an I-step practice test. I mentioned that because I thought it was ironic since during the reading about standardized tests we were learning about how they take up class time that could be used for learning then a practice test interrupted the our class. These reasons are why we we should change standardized tests to better our students, teachers, and schools. Standardized tests should be modified. This essay will explain…

Calegari. “The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 Apr. 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/opinion/01eggers.html. Dave Eggers and Ninive Calegari are writers for the New York Times. They wrote an article not long ago regarding “The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries.” The article focused primarily on the cost of not paying teachers what they deserve to be payed and the cost that will take effect in the future. As a future teacher, I am moderately…

When I was six years old, I refused to wear anything but a plain white shirt and jeans. My poor Mom, who just wanted to dress me up in pink shirts with little bows or ruffles, could not change my stance on my outfits. Not even going out for a treat could convince me to wear a shirt any other color than white. I still have no idea why I was persistent about my strange taste in clothing. But this story reminds me that I was incredibly stubborn before I knew the definition of the word stubborn. I…

Reading A White Teacher Talks About Race has helped open my eyes to how much diversity there really is in our education system. It has shown me how race, economic status, exceptionality, and many life challenges affect a student’s attendance, work ethic, and grades. This book also helped me gain perspective on what life may be like for students that face discrimination, such as finding a job, having enough food and shelter, taking care of their children, and much more. One big lesson I got out…

Growing up, most of us know what we are going to be. Whether it be a dancer, a rocket scientist, or a police officer, we have an idea of what path we want our life to travel. As children these ideas have a wider variety because we are told that we can be anything we want. If this is true, then why should kids who want to be dancers and kids who want to be rocket scientists go through the exact same education system for 12 years (at least)? This brings up a large, controversial, problem within…

career, he is teaching a freshman course. Parsons has heard about the incoming freshman and believes that he is ready for what’s soon to come. He tells how students need to adapt to how professors teach, when coming into college. He also says that the teachers are the ones to blame for freshman students being, “apathetic, incurious, inattentive, unresponsive and frequently absent” (Keith M. Parsons’,” Message to My Freshman Students”). Keith believes that because they’re the ones coming to him,…

I think here, in the mission statement, what we do is what teaching is all about and what being a student is all about, if that makes any sense. Because we are able to teach in so many lessons that they are not going to learn. Teaching moments, that are so much bigger than the classroom. For me, you learn all about the kids and their relationships and their struggles and what they are going through and you can actually help them with their family issues or their breakups and all those…

the context, I will be able to rely on areas that I am stronger. However, instead of just repeating the facts, I will construct them into more personal or relevant stories to attempt to portray a vision of what the author’s surroundings were and what message the author was attempting to convey. 2. Increased visual items such as handouts and pre-developed notepapers – I have found that when I use charts and pre-printed notes class retention and interaction is improved. When using maps I have…

particular way at a particular. A constant struggle for teachers and college professors is to get their students motivated to learn and for them to receive a high overall average letter grade in the class. In a journal written by Phyllis C. Blumenfeld called “Classroom Learning and Motivation: Clarifying and Expanding Goal Theory” explains how to get students motivated and she creates somewhat of a how to guide for those teachers that want to get their students to engage in the subject. She uses…

the education system is that teachers merely tell students to memorize the material, and all the students do is spit the information right back out. They don’t know why it’s important, so they aren’t gaining any true knowledge. While I will agree…