Some people always knew that they wanted to become a teacher, even when they were little. I on the other hand never thought I would want to become a teacher. All my cousins and aunts are teachers but i never thought I would want to become one too. When I was little I struggled in school so much that i hated being their, I hated everything about school. I struggled in almost every academic area that I was put into a special education class to help me. My special ed teachers in my elementary schools were the best teachers i ever had. I will always be thankful to them for helping me with my school work and even just being their for me if i ever needed it. They were the only teachers that I felt truly helped me succeed in school. However, when I entered high school my teachers were not the best. They knew how much i struggled but they were not helpful at all. This made my attitude towards school very negative. As much as i tried my best in school it never felt good enough, especially when my special education teacher was horrible. The teacher that was suppose to help me in school, build me up and actually want me to succeed in school was instead just constantly telling me things that i was not doing right. She never helped me with my work when i asked for help and didn't care about me, or even if i passed or passed.
Up until the end of my junior year in high school I had always thought that I wanted to be in the fashion industry. Then it finally hit me throughout that summer that I wanted to work with children. I had been babysitting a lot that summer so it finally made sense to me. I thought about helping students that struggled in school just as much as i did and i wanted to help them. I want to be like the special education teachers that i had in my elementary schools, who cared about me and helped me succeed. My senior year I did 20 hours of observation hours in a kindergarten classroom and after completing them i knew i wanted to become an elementary school teacher. I loved helping the students and working with the special education students. Now as a sophomore in college I cannot wait until I finally have my own classroom and can help all my students. I want to make my students enjoy coming to school and to be excited to learn. I hope one day I will be able to be just like my sped teachers that made me feel special and helped drive me to want to be successful in school.
It is so good to see that you struggled so much in school and look where you are now! You were able to push those negative teachers aside and still succeed by going to SNHU. Good for you! But, I was the same way with not knowing what I wanted to do for my career. I switched my thoughts around a lot then I decided I wanted to become a teacher my senior year in high school. You will become a great special ed teacher because you know what it was like to not have a positive and supportive teacher to help you. Your future students will be lucky to have you!
ReplyDeleteI really like that you didn't realize that you wanted to be a teacher right away because I was in the same boat. It wasn't until I actually started working with kids that I realized that it was what I wanted to do. I think it's awesome that you pushed through all of the things you struggled with in school and are now attending college. It's awesome that you didn't just give up and can now use that experience to help you become a better teacher!
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