Describe The Worst Teacher

If someone had asked me several years ago what I wanted to be when I grow up, I would’ve never guessed to be working in Education, much less in teaching. My youth pastor and my grandmother both were significantly influential in the decision process. My youth pastor provided me with opportunities to teach both middle school students and elementary school children in Bible related content plus for our tutoring ministry in school content areas. My grandmother assisted me in overcoming the struggles involved of early teaching, giving critical advice and much needed motivation.

I chose to work with adolescents after I realized they too have legitimate problems in life similar to the ones I had to struggle with. I realized that since I have the

The worst teacher was one of my 5th grade teachers who at that time was my middle school teacher. To this day I would say she is a mean teacher when it comes to discipline. However, I did learn from her to be more positive when it comes to discipline. That means, of course, to discipline the students for their wrongdoings without constantly singling out particular students, but positively advising the student how they can learn from the situation. Being the sensitive student, I had another 5th grade teacher totally crush my dreams of singing. This was the beginning of my tough middle school years which I do not want anyone else to have to go through. I was able to get through middle school with the help of my high school teachers. Honestly, the majority of those teachers were the best I have had. If I had to choose, I would narrow it down to two English teachers and one science teacher. I chose these three because even though they taught different content areas, their teaching practices were very similar. If a student was stressed because they did not understand the material, or if the student misbehaved during class because the material was too tough or too easy, these teachers knew exactly what to do. I was one of the stressed students, and these teachers did everything they could to teach the content differently so I could understand it, while encouraging me that it is possible to learn anything I put my mind