Why do I want to be a teacher?
After answering some deeper and thought-provoking questions, I thought it would be refreshing to answer a question that I know the answer to easily: Why I want to be a teacher. I honestly don't remember ever considering becoming anything else (well, beyond becoming an artist when I was in Kindergarten). Teaching runs in my family. My mother and father both work in a school district. Both of my grandmothers were teachers. I also have various aunts and uncles who are either teachers or who work in school districts. By having such amazing role models, I saw how rewarding and exciting teaching can be. I also have seen how challenging it can be as well. I am up for the challenge, and it excites me.
Beyond my family, I have had many other influences. I have had numerous teachers, some good, some bad. The bad ones have unintentionally inspired me do what they did better. I always enjoyed learning, but I had many friends who didn't. I want to inspire students to learn with excitement. I also want to inspire females. All too often, we hear about girls who don't stick with the sciences and mathematics. I believe that being a teacher who is interested in both subjects, I will be able to succeed in encouraging them to stay with mathematics and science. As a side note, I hope to engage males as well. The overall public is afraid of mathematics and some sciences, and I hope to change this.
Finally, as cliche as this is, I hope to change the world in a positive manner. I can't think of a better way to do so than to teach our nation's future. This is what really excites me about becoming a teacher. I will be able to help our nation's future leaders discover themselves.
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I think that most teachers become educators because they want to inspire students and hopefully change the future. As educators we understand that we may not be able to change the world by ourselves, but if we can touch at least one child a year and then they go on to touch one other person and so on, and then we have a major impact on the future. I think that some people are just born to be teachers. It is important when teaching students you remember, just because you knew exactly what you wanted pursue as a profession doesn’t mean that your students will. Encourage them to explore different fields of study and share with them the different careers that are associated with what you teach. I think it is important to help open our student’s minds to what is out there.
I think that most teachers become educators because they want to inspire students and hopefully change the future. As educators we understand that we may not be able to change the world by ourselves, but if we can touch at least one child a year and then they go on to touch one other person and so on, and then we have a major impact on the future. I think that some people are just born to be teachers. It is important when teaching students you remember, just because you knew exactly what you wanted pursue as a profession doesn’t mean that your students will. Encourage them to explore different fields of study and share with them the different careers that are associated with what you teach. I think it is important to help open our student’s minds to what is out there.
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