Obviously as a teacher just like any other job there is training and/or schooling involved. To become an elementary teacher a person must have a bachelors degree and also a year of student teaching. A lot is learned in the classroom (the college classroom), a person learns how to think like a child and all the information needed to teach, along with many other things. A teacher really doesn't know how to teach though until they actually do it.
Being that my mother teaches a third grade classroom occasionally I go into her room and help out. I love going in and being with the kids, and it is great hands-on experience for me as an aspiring teacher. It helps me to learn the best ways to interact with the students and it helps me to learn the best ways to deal with each individual student. Every classroom is also different, something that can't really be explained until actually working with the students. The whole experience of being in the classroom is a crucial part of learning how to be a teacher, and it can also help people to decide whether or not teaching is for them. For example, I was not planning on being a teacher until I worked in a classroom and fell in love with the idea of becoming a teacher. Some things just cannot be learned until a person actually experiences it.
I think this idea of having hands-on experience is an important part for any career, it is just a different method of learning and can really help a person develop skills and realize whether that career is right for them or not. Hands-on learning is so important, and it should be the fun part of learning new skills for a career, so take every opportunity you can get!
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