Reflection: If I Could Do It All Over

Like the blog says that I am responding to, "Reflection is good for the soul". To see that blog before you read this one, click here. If you decided not to read it, you need to know that I have been asked to reflect on my last two years as an intern and to talk about if that is still what I want or not. 
To start this post off, I would love the pleasure of saying that, through this class and my experiences in it, teaching is absolutely what I want to go in to as a career. I have loved being around all of the amazing students, so eager to learn and so willing, but in different ways than traditional ways. I can not wait to get my classroom and start to teach ways that are more geared towards my students' learning styles and multiple intelligences- something I learned about in here! 

Along with the passion of teaching, I love just how easy it is to fall in to the teaching role, outside of the classroom too. Teaching has a way of changing you and making you see every situation differently. The student that is slacking off in class and not doing his reading, maybe he has a really difficult time reading and has no one willing to help him. Or, maybe the student that is making straight A's but never letting a book see the light of day has been cheating off of someone in class who lacks the courage to say "No." Every situation is different, but as a teacher, you automatically try to come up with solutions and ways the students can get help or move on or even learn easier. You find yourself helping people you never thought you could because you see them struggling.

That is what I love about teaching, that once the passion is lit, there is never a turning back point, you are hooked for good. Somehow though, you are happy through it all. Here is a video of a teacher doing what he knew was necessary to get through to his students. His passion was lit and the students could tell, and it paid off!