Defending Your Decision to Teach

This week, on Mrs. Kallas' blog, I was presented with the question, "Why do you even want to teach?". This question got me thinking. Why do I want to teach? My first thought was my elementary years. I was so happy to learn and be molded. When I stepped in to middle school, my love for learning and school was slowly drained. I believe this was because of less interesting classrooms and lessons. They become mundane and tedious. I wanted so badly to love learning again and to have my mind grow, but the lessons and the teachers weren't doing my view of the best of their capabilities. Luckily, in 8th grade I got the greatest opportunity to have a teacher that inspired me and made me love learning and actually made me love English and literature. From that point, my love of English and learning ignited and turned from just a spark into a flame. The fire has helped me decide what I want to do with  my life and has helped me determine that I want to be able to have the same effect on someone that Mrs. Webb had on me.

I have always known that I have wanted to be a teacher, but I have struggled with knowing what subject or grade I want to teach. I started out thinking that lower grades was what I wanted to teach. Along the way, even though I bonded with the little ones, I felt as if something was missing, or that I could be doing more. That struggle almost made me give up on this dream. However, once I knew that English was the way for me to go, I became so much more confident and sure of my career objective. This conclusion has influenced me to pursue English Secondary Schooling and I will defend my decision until the end. Here is another teacher from Middle School who loves their decision.