Why I Want to Be a Teacher

to get ahead”. Also “students feel compelled to betray friends and deceive teachers.” Finally, “students feel the need to compromise integrity for future success,”(Pope 150). She came up with these claims through researching Faircrest High School. Four students helped in this research project, but soon came up with problems after having the stress of school on their shoulders. Denise explains in her article that how and why these students are ending up with these problems. She soon understands…

the importance of education. All of my life, I have been told that the harder I work in school, the greater it will pay out in my later life. I turned this into a somewhat life motto. I dedicated my life to reaching and fulfilling my maximum potential in school. I always put my best effort into the schoolwork I complete and I am always trying to figure out all of the different ways to problem solve. Throughout my growing passion for doing well in school, I started to consider teaching as a…

Thompson 2 Destiny Thompson Mrs. Combs Composition I 10th N vember 2015 Education System The education system is setting students up to fail and creating more dropouts. Agreeing and disagreeing sides both feel the need of change in the public education system. In ?Waiting for Superman? by Davis Guggenheim, ?Why Johnny Can?t Fail? by Jerry Jesness and ?Against Schools? by John Taylor Gatto, they all come to the agreement the education system is failing the students and creating more…

I am very thankful for being a part of this class. It’s a great escape from the job to meet with others who are going through the same thing I am going through. The difference of this group is that we are heard regardless of who we are or where we come from. As I continue to read about the educators of the past, I wonder why there has always been some opposition towards music education. Was it too close to religion for some people? Was it too family oriented for those who didn’t have a…

going to be like when I get to high school.High school is going to be a lot different from middle school because they do harder work that I didn’t do in middle school and I might get confused and not understand the work I’m doing in the classroom. When I get to high school there will be no time to be playing around and talking in class because I got to be paying attention to what the teachers saying to do and that’s why high school…

Cheating is an important issue today because resources of education are increasing and some students want to be successful without giving the effort. Therefore, students are willing to do whatever it takes to get the “best” education and grade. Even if it involves cheating. The honor code should not be used because of its ineffectiveness to impact students who rely on their tempted conscience and the absence of trust that runs throughout; however, the honor code could work if schools can…

skills and techniques that make a good teacher and to explore which of these I will adopt into my own practice when I am a fully registered teacher. In this essay I will discuss three main concepts which I think are most important in order to display good teaching. I will use both set readings, additional readings related specifically to the concepts and first-hand evidence that I have experienced in primary school through my PEP days in order to explain fully why I believe these concepts are…

provided talk about Teacher Tenure. In article one Brian Jones talks about how tenure does not hurt or affect students. Where as article two talks about ending teacher tenure in order to fire bad teachers. Tenure is a right that is built into their contract to protect them from being fired, just because. “Teacher tenure, and the related onerous and costly requirements for dismissing and ineffective teacher, have evolved into a system that almost completely insulates teachers from review,…

Kozub is a problem that is still seen at many schools even though there have been laws made to address these kinds of issues. A teacher was assigned a physical education class and had 10 kids with disabilities and only one assistant was there to help him with the class. Not only was he lacking help, he was assigned only a cafeteria for him to use. He was also a first year teacher so he was very overwhelmed and frustrated. The American with Disabilities Act states that there should be equal…

What happens when a school shooting occurs? People can get injured or worse. Teachers would be better off if they had some protection. It is a policy for teachers to protect their students. If it is a policy to protect students, shouldn’t teachers carry a gun or at least be in access to a gun. No one ever knows when a shooting is about to begin. School teachers carrying guns in class to protect everyone, which is what the whole speech is about. Sandy Hook Elementary School is just one of…