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Thursday, September 07, 2006

why i want to become a teacher

I am someone who very much likes to discuss, well, pretty much anything really. I think i almost have a love afair with language. The enthusiasm that a group of people listening to each other and probing a subject with their ideas and philosphies musters in me is remarkable. I found that classes that let me do this throughout my schooling were always the ones that enjoyed the most and more importantly were moments that enjoyed beyond the scope of "that made a decent class."
this went into my consideration as a possible career since, to me, learning has a great deal of joy associated with it and i always wanted to be near that sphere discussion and discovery. The other aspect of import to me was that i wanted to be involved in a profession that i could care about. i wanted to be able to be making a difference in what i was doing other than a difference to coorporation or in discovering something so arcane that only a few others could appreciate what i may have done. Teaching seemed like a perfect choice to me. I had always enjoyed the school environment and by entering as a teacher i could still be involved in that, though from a different posistion. I will still be able to learn (as i've heard teaching is the best way to learn) and help others learn. This would be able to give me a sense of purpose. When i show up for work, i will be able enlighten others and also connect with some of them and provide a place of comfort for some students.

1 Comments:

At 7:15 AM, Blogger Mike Muir said...

Justin,

Good discussions is a fine art! We need teachers who can do it well!

We're glad you're part of our Block

 

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