Why I Want To Pursue My K-12 Education

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“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”-Malcolm X. I have always been brought up knowing that education was going to be my ticket out the door. Being a child, of two immigrant parents from Ghana, West Africa, I knew that my parents wanted me to have the best education possible. From my mother teaching me how to read, when she herself barely can understand the English language and going out her way to get a tutor for us. From my mother, making me recite my multiplication facts every night before I went to sleep as a way to reinforce concepts learned in school. Summer days that were filled with trips to Barnes and Nobles with my mother to get math and reading skills books. I grew up knowing that if I wanted to be prepared for tomorrow, I need to start planning today. Education is the idea that we are constantly …show more content…

The way I approach my work is that I give students the opportunity to develop and create their own opinion about what the truth is. Students are able to finally learn the truth about themselves and their history. My main reason for becoming a social studies teacher, was because I wanted to teach students what I did not have the opportunity of learning during my k-12 education. I always had a passion for history but never truly understand my own history until college. As I was coming to terms with who and what I was as an individual, I began to realize more and more about myself. I am given a powerful role as a teacher, I have the ability to shape and help students form their minds about who they are. I approach my role by giving students an opportunity to express their opinions on controversial issues, to talk about the issues that we face as a black community, to discuss the beauty in being black and proud. I approach my role by showing students that I love myself and I love who I am and everything that I am made up

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