Becoming a Teacher’s Assistant Makes a Difference
Coming to the America, my love of mathematics thrived and bore a multitude of fruits. My career journey began at a young age of seven years old, living in the Catholic dormitory of the Notre Dame monastery. The school provided the opportunities to develop the love of learning and eventually the joy of teaching math in my heart, so I liked to study math. In the school year 2017, I became a teacher’s assistant at Yorba Middle School, and because of this, I should go for a teaching credential of a California state university.
The trajectory of my career life changed one day when Mr. Connor asked me to be his teacher’s assistant. Thus, I began a long journey of learning, teaching, and discovering.
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A journey, which will culminate this year 2017, will continue for the rest of my life, in a teaching direction. Becoming a teacher’s assistant is something I often get excited about. I learned mathematics at San Jose State University at the age of thirty. Now, I often think about and reflect on math concepts and how I might use them. Thus, I am beginning a new phase of my life, learning higher order mathematics by reasoning and writing. However, the most important one of my achievements is that I continue to make a difference to my students who are struggling with learning algebra. Since I have always designed my own career path, I could have always picked up the next job when I was laid off and advanced next here in the USA. At San Jose State University, I was enthusiastic about learning mathematics. Because of my mathematic passion, I believed that science and technology were built upon the foundation of mathematics. For example, I read and learned about Descartes and Cartesian coordinates. In addition, I read about Newton and fell in love with his laws of motion. Earning good grades in the math courses, I gained the competence of mathematic skills. Then, working diligently to achieve a bachelor degree in computer science, I earned my degree at San Jose State University in 1991. I began to devote my life to the Orange Unified School District as an instructional assistant in 1999. Being gentle and kind, I continued to teach algebra to Mr. Conner’s struggling students in a special education classroom. Even though cultivating the children was not easy, I worked tirelessly to bring the struggling students to an advanced level. If anyone did not do his homework in this classroom, then I could send that person to the principal’s office because of his delinquency. I found a job as an instructional assistant at Orange Unified School District in California.
Next, I acquired the teacher traits that have championed my pursuit of becoming a teacher. Finally, since I became a teacher assistant at my middle school, I have tried to be a model of gentleness and kindness as a mathematical assistant. I know that helping others with their learning is a very challenging job, but it is my dream job that I enjoy to have, to hold, and never let go.
Becoming a teacher’s assistant makes a difference to the learning of my students. Together, Mr. Connor and I have taught the eighth graders math. We’ve been together as a team for six months, so we are friendly and productive. Still, I’ve been surprised by some ways our students have changed since we agreed to manage the classroom. Just one example: the students were at the third-grade level of math when we first met them. But now they understand the concept of slope of a straight line. As a result, they have learned beginning algebra.
Being a teacher’s assistant really does change the students’ educational plans. In the beginning of the school year, Mr. Connor quite openly despaired of their mathematical ability. Today, I accept that their achievements are meeting the standards and they are becoming successful students. Now, they earn satisfactory grades on quizzes and tests. Finally, our mathematical instructions thrive in my students’ hearts and
minds.
What began as tutoring sessions designed for a child to learn how to solve fractions evolved into the moment that forever parallels my revelation to become a doctor. When I first met Abby, she hid behind her mother and struggled to even count. After this disclosure, Abby began talking to me, her grades improved, and she accumulated several friends. I soon realized that the greatest lesson I taught her was not cross multiplication, but the belief that someone understood her and that she mattered. Additionally, she bestowed me the moment that began my journey to become a doctor. I just had yet to realize it.
With this promise came serious concerns over education taught students ranked 28th in the United States out of 40 other countries in Mathematics and Sciences. 80% of occupations depend on knowledge of Mathematics and Science (Week and Obama 2009). In order to ensure that educators have enough money to fund the endeavor to be more competitive with the rest of the world in Mathematics and Science, President Obama will increase federal spending in education with an additional 18 billion dollars in k-12 classrooms, guaranteeing educators have the teachers, technology, and professional development to attain highly quali...
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