Why I Want to Be a Teacher

Personally I’m good at being organized and on time. I am very patient, understanding and enjoy meeting new people. I enjoy learning new things that will improve me as a person. I enjoy the challenges I have to face on my own. Why Are You Looking for a Job? - I’m interested in looking for a job because I want to earn my money to be able to pay my own phone bills and soon save up for a car. Personally I want to buy my own things that are needed for everyday. Why Are You Interested in Working for…

Just in the past year I have had numerous setbacks and hardships. These things have caused me some real trouble. Anyone who knew me last year knows that I dropped pretty low. The worst thing I have ever been through was last year when I had an abundance of depression problems. Yes I know, I do not seem at all like I have suffered from depression. Last year I had some trouble with one of my teachers. I will not mention his name, however I will say that I can happily say that I will never have…

I find it extremely interesting that most teachers were not able to give the correct answer to the fraction problem. Fractions may take some time to understand, but a teacher should be able to understand and implement a problem regarding fractions. Also, does putting a fraction into story form confuse teachers and so they are not able to put in the correct way? I believe that teachers need to make sure they are not getting confused with connecting the symbols to elements in the story and then…

Task 2 – Critical observation portfolio 1.0 Introduction A teacher is the role model in the class. A teacher teaches us about a subject. A teacher is also the manager in the classroom. Meaning to say that teacher’s role does not confined to the delivering of knowledge to the students only. As a manager of the classroom, a teacher should be able to deal with problems and limitations in order to create a classroom for an optimal learning. Doyle (1986 as cited in Emmer & Stough, 2001) defines…

for. The Common Core Standards are said to be a set of standards or goals every school should be able to reach. The debate is that the standards are difficult and require too much testing. This is also the cause in how teachers are being evaluated by these test if they are good teachers or bad ones in the amount of students passing the test.The other issue is that the Federal government is trying to take over the education root from states using the common Core standards as lead way to doing so.…

The Bartebys of the Classroom The Bartlebys of the education system are students who “prefer not to” do their work. I have never understood why someone would come to class and do nothing and expect a good grade. I would assume the student wants to be successful and pass the class they have chosen to take. This can be an issue for composition teachers or teachers in general. The author in the reading nails it on the head when describing the characteristics of a Bartleby student. There are…

get off Campus Lunch? Why should middle school students have off campus lunch? The issue about middle about middle school students being allowed off campus lunch is relevant because as a student I would be affected by the issue. My purpose on why I choose the issue is because if the issue were to take place than it would give me and my peers an opportunity to have off campus lunch. The issue affects me because I am a student in the 7th grade who attends middle school and I strongly agree that…

feelings? Every single day, I sit and wait for a students tip to break, hoping that they will finally use me again. But of course, they use him instead. Why won’t anyone use me! No one understands how I feel. Sometimes I feel like i’m not even there! I watch the students throughout the day and one of my favorite subjects is writing because everyone’s pencils become dull and worn out. The kids use him every time and it makes me so jealous! I feel like it’s a competition but, I want to win it.…

I have always known that I wanted to work with children. From youth age I have volunteered in several church functions and school functions that dealt with children and their needs. I chose a major of Child Development and Family living in college to become a counselor for terminally ill children in hospitals.Towards the end of my college career I accepted a position as a teacher assistant for the college childhood lab (pre-school program). Seeing the children progress through their learning and…

become a teacher? MRS. THOMPSON: I got married when I was sixteen and so I finished high school and Mike and I went on to college and that’s what he was going to do and so I just fell into that. My first degree though was in business education. So I taught computers and accounting and all that. Then I also got my elementary certification, because as a coach’s wife you have to be prepared, you know any time we had to move or whatever. I’ve taught fourth, fifth and sixth grade. But when I…