When I graduated college, I started working at a daycare that was really difficult. I worked with kids that came from horrible situations, which resulted in major behavioral issues that I had to deal with about every other minute. I was forced to "believe" in a discipline system that didn't work. I had to clean toilets, clean pee off the floor, and wear the most horrible colored shirt I had ever seen. I would often end the day in tears or screaming at the radio, sometimes out of frustration and sometimes out of absolute heartbreak. It was hard work, and it changed me.
Now, I am a secondary Spanish teacher (something I swore I would never do!) I teach a bunch of awesome, bratty junior high-high school students at a Christian school in Springfield, Ohio. When people ask me if I like my job, I don't really know how to answer them most of the time because I love it so much. Teaching challenges me, grows patience in me, reminds me where I come from and pushes me to be more like Jesus. My students remind me of hope and dreams, and they reignite those in me! I am convinced that they are a part of why I want to build my education career.
As a first year teacher, I have had a crazy year. I was hired to teach with less than one month until school started, I had next to zero teaching experience, and I was got married in OCTOBER. That means as a first year teacher, I had to be three weeks ahead on lesson plans so that I could prepare for the wedding and enjoy my honeymoon. Let me tell you, it was STRESSFUL.
Now, I am about halfway through the school year, and I can't imagine myself doing anything else. I love coming up with new, exciting ways for my students to learn Spanish. I love making resources that they will want to use and reference. I want to EXCITE them about the language and PUSH them to do more than they think they are capable of. I want them to SEE the world in a new way. I want students to know that they are MORE than they think they are.
What about you? Why do you love to teach? What keeps you going? What pushes you to become a better teacher? I want to know your story!
Now, I am a secondary Spanish teacher (something I swore I would never do!) I teach a bunch of awesome, bratty junior high-high school students at a Christian school in Springfield, Ohio. When people ask me if I like my job, I don't really know how to answer them most of the time because I love it so much. Teaching challenges me, grows patience in me, reminds me where I come from and pushes me to be more like Jesus. My students remind me of hope and dreams, and they reignite those in me! I am convinced that they are a part of why I want to build my education career.
As a first year teacher, I have had a crazy year. I was hired to teach with less than one month until school started, I had next to zero teaching experience, and I was got married in OCTOBER. That means as a first year teacher, I had to be three weeks ahead on lesson plans so that I could prepare for the wedding and enjoy my honeymoon. Let me tell you, it was STRESSFUL.
Now, I am about halfway through the school year, and I can't imagine myself doing anything else. I love coming up with new, exciting ways for my students to learn Spanish. I love making resources that they will want to use and reference. I want to EXCITE them about the language and PUSH them to do more than they think they are capable of. I want them to SEE the world in a new way. I want students to know that they are MORE than they think they are.
What about you? Why do you love to teach? What keeps you going? What pushes you to become a better teacher? I want to know your story!