Teachers of History: Not just a Job; a Career

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“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Marcus Garvey). History is in everything. Writing this paper is history. Everything we do becomes history. That’s why we all must learn our own history and origin. Without it we are all lost. There is so much history, just in America, it can’t be taught by one generation. There needs to be teachers of history in every generation. Making sure their peers know of ancient history and the history of yesterday. Teaching history is what I am meant to do. First, I have to be taught how to teach, acquire skills, and get experience before I can teach a class of my own.
Becoming a history teacher is a process just like any career. Education is the first step in this process. I am choosing to further my education at Florida Gulf Coast University. I will be majoring in Secondary Education-History. This is to teach me how to teach history. I want to stay in Florida, so I only need my B.A. in Secondary Education. Getting your B.A. takes about 4 years. Although some schools do require you have your Masters too. On average, a Master’s degree takes about two more years. In today’s day and age, it is best you get your Master’s degree. “Start out more specific with your Bachelor’s, then go broader with your Master’s” (Dominic Pardi). Before I can even start learning about my specific subject, there are some general classes I have to take. I’ll need to pass six hours of Communication and Mathematics, six to nine hours of Social Sciences and Natural Science, and nine hours of Humanities. Florida Gulf Coast requires I have a total of 36 hours in the general classes. After I pass the General Classes, I start Prerequisites. The Prerequisites I’ll be ...

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... live comfortably on. When deciding my career, money is factor because I need money to live but being happy and doing something I will love is an even bigger factor. I’d much rather be happy and poor than rich and miserable. When I interviewed Dominic Pardi, a World History/ Economics high school teacher at Indian Rocks Christian School, I asked him, “If you could do all over again, what he do?” He said, “I would do exactly what I’m doing now.” When I asked “Why?” he responded, “Because I love what I do!” Every teacher I have ever talked to genuinely loves there job. I have always heard being a teacher is a very rewarding job; I want to feel that. I want to make a difference in someone’s life; make an impact and maybe one day a student of mine will realize they want to be a teacher because of what I taught them. Money or no money teaching is the perfect fit for me.

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