- Make a Difference
- As a teacher you get to see your students grow and develop throughout the year. I can't wait to experience the feeling of knowing I helped children along on their path to their future. I also am aware that not every child comes from a good home life so I am excited to help my students to feel comfortable and happy when they come to school.
2. Having a Vocation Instead of a Job
- Being a teacher doesn't end, a teacher makes a difference in the world. To your students you are not just an employee, they look up to you for guidance and as a teacher you help to create their future. I cannot wait for this, I cannot wait to help students and to be excited to go to work each day.
3. Variety
- I personally could not image having a career where I have to go to work and do the same thing each day. I am happy to know every day will be different, different lessons, different reactions from students and improvement from them. Also, every year there will be new students. Variety is very important to me.
4. Learning
- As a teacher I will also learn, having to teach information requires the teacher to almost be an expert on the topic. I love learning and it is refreshing to know I will deepen my knowledge a little more each day as an educator.
5. Always Smiling
- Even without being a teacher at this point in my life children make me laugh and smile all the time. There is constantly something amusing that they do. As a teacher I am sure I will never experience a dull moment.
6. Family Time
- To me family is very important and eventually I know I will want to have a family of my own. Teaching could not be a better fit for this. I would work the same times as my children went to school and I also have weekends, breaks, and summers off to spend with my family.
These are some of the main reasons why I amongst other teachers chose their career. It is a career you must love, not do for the money. But if you like helping children learn and succeed, want family time, and are committed teaching could be something you may want to look into. I know I couldn't be more happy with my decision.
The list of reasons to become a teacher were from http://www.unc.edu/uncbest/teacher.html.
If you want to smile, why not try to apply for the air hostess?
ReplyDeleteBesides, little suggestion for you. If you just graduate from MSU as an education major, it is totally not enough for you to find a good job as teacher. Mayber the kindergarten will need you. But if you want to teach in a primary or middle school, then you definitely need master degree, and focus on a specific field like math, computer, chemistry or biology. Truly teacher is a respected job, but you still get a very long way to go, otherwise everyone will apply for this job if it is too easy. If you want to teach in university, then you need at least master, even Phd degree. So you dream is beautiful, but your path is still long and full of block and challenges.
Well a flight attendant is not even in the same ball park as a teacher. And MSU has the number one program in the nation for elementary education http://edwp.educ.msu.edu/news/2015/three-programs-ranked-1-in-nation/). I am well aware it is not a great field to go into but the truth is what would our nation be without teachers, and I also want to be a teacher because I love kids that is my main reason for choosing this path. Most schools won't hire a new teacher with a masters, its something you go back and get once you have experience in the the elementary classroom. I also have my path figured out its a five year program for me to become an elementary teacher. I just think you should get your facts straight before telling me what I need and that I have a long ways to go, thanks for your input but I don't think you understand why want to be a teacher and the actual importance of teachers.
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