Persuasive Essay: Why I Want To Being A Teacher

Being a teacher is a noble cause, though it also seems to be the dream of idiots and morons. It is a job where you work constantly and are always told what to teach. You are expected to teach to a standardized test. It is a job path that only the bravest take. The people who claim that those who can’t do teach, know nothing about teaching or how hard it is to teach. Especially high school students who have no desire to learn. Children in their last required chapter in their education. Their young pubescent minds focused more on the opposite sex over their grades. How do you teach such a difficult age group? How do you keep them engaged? Especially with a subject that so many find boring and tedious, English and English literature. People always wonder why they have to take English. They think it’s stupid and boring. Yet I feel as if I’m an even bigger idiot for choosing to teach it. Yes I know quite a way to start off my report. Pointing out negatives and calling myself and other teachers morons, but just wait and you’ll see what I mean. First let me just say yes, I do want to be a teacher. It’s even worse that I want to be an English teacher. There are days where the sheer thought of the credit card debt and student loans that I will be paying until I die overwhelm me. Then there are the days where I think about all the kids I’ll help by

This usually involves student teaching in a classroom under the close supervision of an experienced teacher. This I have learned can be even tougher than being a real teacher. I read a short article about a woman who was a student teacher for one semester in a middle school. She was and still is a CNN reporter. Heather Sinclair Wood, a journalist decided to give teaching a try. After two years of classes she finally got her first taste of teaching. I found what she had to say to be fascinating. She said that while student teaching she learned some very valuable