Why I Want to Be a Teacher

I chose to interview my aunt; she has been a teacher for about 15 years. She taught kindergarten for 11 years and 2nd grade for 4 years now. As many of you know being a teacher is a well-rounded job with multiple simple and yet difficult tasks. A teachers’ main responsibilities are to make sure the children are safe during school hours, while teaching the students the required material throughout the school year to prepare for the next grade. The reason behind why I chose my aunt to interview is…

topic that will help me decide on what college I will go to and attend in my future. My topic is The Citadel military College of the South or its only other competitor Norwich University. It does not necessarily matter where I attend school because no matter where I go I will be enrolled in the ROTC program at either school. In this research paper the items that I will be talking about are things that I have learned from either being talked to about or that I have read online about the colleges.…

Why TFA? I believe that Teach for America would provide me with a great opportunity to give back to those who are coming from underprivileged communities. Having come from a family that struggled with money, I feel as if I would be well equipped to understand the lives of my students and be able to help them with more than just their studies. I want to provide my students with a role model to whom they can look up and help lead them on a path that will broaden their horizons, ultimately changing…

can affect these children’s future. Bullying is something that happens mostly in grade school, but they can also carry out through their lives into adulthood. Bullying is important issue to me, because I have a six-year-old child that was been bullied last year and to this day she still says kids want to bully her again, for instance, not letting her make friends and picking on her. Like in the story “All summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, Margot is being bully by her classmates, they don’t give…

Nationwide teacher shortages are occurring due to low pay, and districts are fighting to recruit teachers. Teachers aren 't receiving a high enough salary and deserve to be paid more, especially considering the amount of work the job requires. Educators leave the profession because they aren’t making enough money or feeling valued. This impacts not only the shortage of teachers, but also the quality of education students are receiving. The profession of teaching is essential because it is…

carrying around a technology device of some kind. But the main question, and one not many parents ponder, is how is this helping my child? Is it a valuable tool to helping them grow or learn, or is it just a resource that is occupying their time so I wont have to be bothered? In the article, Successful K-12 technology planning: ten essential elements. These school actually come up with ten very beneficial elements to how to better implement technology and how technology can be used as a learn…

saying teachers should be armed with concealed weapons to defend the class from threats. Others are saying the teachers could use the weapons on the kids and cause a threat.personally I think that some teachers should be armed but only if they go through special gun courses and mental training. These teachers and schools have the individual right to carry guns to protect themselves and the students of the district. For the common good of your kids, Make your school safer by letting teachers…

My AP Literature teacher, Mr. Mercer, once asked my class a serious question: why do women apologize so much? A thoughtful pause followed while the class, females especially, pondered the answer. My teacher elaborated with a short anecdote about a female student from a previous class: Mr. Mercer was standing in front of the doorway before class, speaking with another student. The female student approached the doorway so Mr. Mercer and the student courteously moved out of the way. The female…

role to being a teacher, counselor, a friend and a motivator as well. Though you are just labeled as a teacher, you are going to have more than one job. I believe that teaching is a long commitment to a personal, emotional and academic goals we want to set for the students. Being able to be the person who can improve…

that makes my life easier whether I am in any corner of the world. It is Linguistic intelligence, the ability that I want to have since I was a child until now. Looking back to when I was a little girl, no one around me speaks English except the German uncle next door. He is the first person who introduced me to know the other languages besides my own mother tongue. He taught me to sing an English lullaby such as ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ or ‘One Little Finger’. I was fun to sing with him and…