What are you willing to do to educate all children?
In all honestly, I am truly willing to go to great lengths to teach all of my children. I will make any accommodations, go the extra mile, and make it suitable and digestible for each and every student I can. As a teacher, it is my sole duty to make sure that I reach out to all my children and give them the best education possible because that's what I worked and studied so hard to achieve. And of course, they deserve the best, all children do. Of course, it won't be easy, but I want to make sure that my students are able to learn those crucial important lessons I am teaching them. In this day and age, there are so many recourses to use. And I plan on researching and preparing myself to have multiple strategies that can apply to as many of my students as possible. Sometimes I know I will need to practice extreme patience and compassion to get my students through lessons, but I am willing and determined to be there and provide for all of my students and their needs. From my own personal experience, it really seemed like most of my teachers in K-12 were lazy and only wanted to do the bare minimum. I feel like I didn't learn a lot, and was penalized for having questions and concerns about what we were doing. Because of all of the negative experiences I had I want to take what I learned from that and be the better teacher for my students. I never want anyone in my class to feel like they can't ask questions, or have concerns about what and how they are learning.
Hey Maddie! Wow! You are so passionate about sticking it out through the hard times of teaching, because we all know those days are coming! It's very sad that you felt like you were penalized for asking questions or when you had a concern in class with some of your teachers. On the bright side, these are some experiences that you can use to reflect on and simply turn away from. It sounds like you will be an excellent teacher and will fight for all your students to have a great education. As we are in college and getting this degree it seems only right to fight for the children and go the extra mile but I think many teachers forget that once they are comfortable and in the classroom. I hope that we can be the next generation of teachers that break this chain and continue to teach with some grit!
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ReplyDeleteHi Maddie!
ReplyDeleteI am truly sorry you had those experiences growing up, nobody should have to go through that. I am so glad that you are passionate about doing right by your students. Whichever kids are in your future classroom will be lucky to have a teacher with such passion. I loved your post and agreed with everything. I too want to do right by my students in whatever way possible. I think that putting in that extra effort and time is so important and when we see our students succeed it will all be worth it. You are right, in this day and age the recourses we have are amazing and there should be no excuse not to utilize them and provide them to our students. I want my students to feel comfortable in my classroom and know that there are no dumb questions, I am willing to answer anything they have confusion on no matter how big or small, or how many times we have gone over it. One of my biggest pet peeves is when teachers make students feel silly for asking a question, I experienced that a lot during high school and it is not right. We should be there ready and willing to help our students understand always. I think you had a great post and I can tell you are going to be a wonderful teacher.
-Catarina Martinez
Hi Maddie! I loved your post you seem very dedicated to making sure you are the best teacher for your students. I think in the education system a lot of teacher just try to get by until the next holiday break and that is not what teaching is about. I personally want to be the teacher that my students look back on and say " she was an amazing teacher". From your blog post i can see your passion and know your students will say that about you. You are 100% correct in saying we have so many resources that no teacher should ever have an excuse to not teacher her students in the best way. I think by the time we are teachers the resources will even double. I am sorry you felt you had lazy teachers in elementary school i personally had some myself. It really makes a difference on the students ability to learn if the teacher enjoys her job. I also wanted to say I think it is great that you realize you will have to work on some things to be the teacher you want to be. This shows that you will continue to grow in the classroom and outside of it.
ReplyDeleteHey Maddie!
ReplyDeleteI really love your enthusiasm and dedication radiating from your blog post! The way you answered the question, "What are you willing to do to educate all children?", really resonated with me because I feel like I had a very similar educational experience as you did growing up and also want to be the teacher I never felt I had, but deserved. It was frustrating at first to read about the various teaching strategies that seemed to have never been practiced on me, but turning the frustration into a positive goal as you wrote in your blog post is a beautiful way to look at it! All children deserve a teacher willing to work with them and help them reach their full potential, we can't erase the past but we can lend a hand in shaping the future towards being more compassionate, understanding, and accepting of others. Thank you for sharing your experience!