Teaching - A Way to Make a Difference
To me teaching is a way to make a difference in someone’s life. If it is emotional, knowledge base or physical, we as professionals should help the student be all they can be. The reason that I want to become a teacher is so that I can make a difference. I want to help students open many doors to their future. I feel that a teacher should be the person that twenty years down the road that we still inspire the student.
I cannot say that I am basically just one of the philosophies. I feel that I am a mixture of many, of the philosophies. I believe in student’s freedom, using hands on approach, and focusing on what has happened in the past to cause us to study certain items.
Teachers should be nontraditional, but still have traditional values. We as professionals should keep learning and to make learning exciting no matter what philosophy or theory we use. We are there to enrich the students’ life, to make learning exciting.
The classroom will be set up in a way to make learning enjoyable not dreadful. I want to have centers for every type of learner that I have. The bulletin boards will informational but fun learning materials. I feel that a bulletin board should have items on it so that it catches the eyes of the student. By going into history as a professional I would like to see the students to have many different types of learning experiences. Students would do group and individual projects, so that they would learn how to work together and alone. In the classroom, I will set it up so that a student can rise to the sky like a balloon.
When it comes to discipline in the class the rules and consequences will be posted and the beginning of the year. How they are set will be by asking the students what they feel the rules should be, and what should be done if they are broken. I feel that if they students feel they helped make the rules and consequences they will follow them more closely.
Apparently opposites do attract. Johnny and Dally clearly show this throughout this novel. Although the similarities between them make up for all the differences. Dally is hard and Johnny is soft, and Johnny is law abiding and Dally breaks any law he can. But, both are gallant and both children’s parents are abusive. Like the way a Bear protects her cubs, Dally safeguards Johnny and protects him from the dangers of the world. These very important characters from the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, come together through an inseparable bond that can be described as a bond of blood brothers. Both kids have nothing, the only thing they can live for is each other. All in all , Johnny and Dally share many similarities and also have some differences, but they completely cherish each other against all odds.
Mrs. Hinton’s The Outsiders was a delight to read. While I might have enjoyed it, I must disagree with who the author has chosen to base her book on and here’s why. While Hinton chose to write about a young man doomed to repeat his mistake multiple times until eventually, he sees the error of his ways. We see in the beginning Ponyboy admits that he’s not to walk alone merely because the Soc (Socials) will jump any Greaser this, of course, does not deter Ponyboy as he makes this same blunder throughout the book. Eventually, causing tension among his family and the death of three people. I do believe Hinton had two good choices there is Johnny Cage an abused teen and Dallas “Dally” Winston a hardened criminal.
Dally believes that if you become hard and tough like he has, then you will be your best self. Dally has known hardships all his life, and he responds to them by being cold and only looking out for himself. He believes that if Johnny was more like him, then he wouldn’t have injured and effectively killed himself. Dally expresses this to Ponyboy while driving to the hospital, saying, “‘You’d better wise up, Pony… you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you’” (147). Dally believes that being weak leads to pain and suffering. Conversely, Johnny believes that being young, emotional, and innocent is a good way to be. Johnny has experienced similar problems to Dally in his life, but instead of becoming cold and mean, he has become timid and emotional. Johnny even sacrificed his life to save a handful of children because he puts kindness and morality before his own safety. He tells Ponyboy this in a letter he wrote, saying, “I don’t mind dying… It’s worth it. It’s worth saving those kids… That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be” (178). Johnny believes that staying “gold” and innocent is the best way to be. Dally and Johnny’s conflicting philosophies show that they have clear
The mid 19th century slavery setting of Beloved acts as a perfect breeding ground for tragedy and justifies the fragmented nature of individual's lives. The characters of Beloved are, in a way, defined by their foibles and insecurities. Sethe, Paul D, and Denver must confront and cope with the realities of an unjust history and an out-of-order world. The central conflict of the novel forces each of these protagonists to directly resolve his or her personal inhibitions and grow into a more composed human being. Had the events linking Paul, Sethe and Denver together been any less painful, perhaps "A life. Could be"(57). Sethe's broken sentences, while hopeful, convey a sense of doubt, and only the shadows are holding hands at the carnival. As a rule, Sethe is reluctant to rely on the advice or assistance of others, placing immense trust in her own abilities. Accepting such responsibility is a fantastic burden indeed, as it not only ostracizes her from a community who view her attitude "uncalledfor pride"(162) but brings her a constant regret and gu...
In my class, we respect ourselves and take care of one another. I will encourage my students to try their personal best in every situation they find themselves in. I will remind students that your personal best effort does not look like your neighbors. I will structure my classroom environment so students can easily collaborate and form positive relationships with one another. The structure of my classroom environment will be full of warmth, patience, and humor creating an environment that is welcoming, safe, and fun for my students. We will look out for another and help one another reach our fullest potential individually, academically, and socially.
In S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, the two characters Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are similar and different in significant ways. Dally is angry at the world. He suggests Ponyboy gets tough. Perhaps this is because Dallas tough and only sees hatred and darkness in the world. On the other hand, Johnny is scared of the world. He suggests Ponyboy stays innocent. Johnny thinks Ponyboy should “stay gold” because he sees the light and happiness in the world. Even though they are very different, they share similarities. They both come from abusive households, but are still nobel. In conclusion, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston are two distinctly different characters who are still very much alike.
How can two people that have so many similarities be so different in their daily lives? Johnny Cade and Dallas (Dally) Winston are a perfect example that this is possible in writing. These two characters star in The Outsiders, a compelling story by S. E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are perfect foils of each other, by being so different, yet they are almost completely alike.
In the 21st century, teachers experience many behavioral issues with students in the classroom and face challenges that are very difficult to resolve. School districts have different expectations about how students must behave during school and teachers have their own expectations about how students must behave in their classroom. Every educator has different classroom expectations and students must follow specific standards; therefore, the responsibility of the teacher is to discuss the standards with all students and make sure those expectations are clear. According to Jones and Jones (2016), teachers whose students made greater achievement gains were observed establishing rules and procedures, and carefully monitoring student’s work. In
Cell phones have had a great social impact on society in the past decade and will increasingly as the years go by. They will continue to effect our subjectivities as well. Studying how society will evolve with contemporary communication devices, as well as how these devices will alter patterns of everyday life, will prove interesting in years to come.
I want to teach because I think that I can make a difference. I think that before you can make a difference you must have a passion. I have a passion for Art and Biology, and I want to project this passion onto my students. I would like to encourage the sparkle in the eye of a budding artist or scientist. I yearn for their faces to light up when I draw and explain the Kreb cycle as I did as a young student.
Now that I have told you what has led me to this decision I would like to tell you exactly why I have chosen to become a teacher. I want to become a teacher not because of the salary nor because I want weekends and holidays off; rather, I want to become a teacher because I truly have a passion for making a difference in others lives. I feel that teaching is perhaps one of the most fulfilling roles in life. Becoming a teacher to me means helping to shape another person by teaching and instructing them.
I can not narrow down my educational philosophy to one area. I have studied the teacher-centered philosophies and I would consider myself somewhat eclectic, having a mixture of progressivism and essentialism.
As we reminisce and reflect back either on our childhood or academic career, we tend to have that one teacher who was memorable to us in some way - for their sense of humor, their stellar personality, or perhaps having that charisma and charm no other teacher had to make a difficult subject and it 's concepts fun to learn. While knowledge is power, I firmly believe that it is rather the exchange and distribution of knowledge that is power. When one can educate the masses there is no doubt that together we can accomplish great things. Becoming a teacher would mean the opportunity to be able to witness the shaping and molding of the minds of the future generations and the satisfaction knowing that you have helped your students set themselves onto the right path and provide guidance towards the creation of a better tomorrow. Choosing to become a teacher will allow me not only to educate my students, but also educate myself to be a better teacher throughout my career. I believe it is a function of human nature to want to change the world for the better. In adulthood, I have learned that the improvement of the welfare of the world must begin with
My personal philosophy on teaching is to inspire my students to think and to be objective thinkers. Like life, classrooms are filled with incidents on a daily basis. It 's interesting, as an active participant, to actually experience these moments shared between teachers and students as relationships are built mostly based on personality. As professionals, it 's expected that emotions take the back seat in decision making, but humans think with their heart a lot. A teacher in my estimation is one of the most human
I have not always wanted to be a teacher. I always knew that I wanted to work with children in some way, but I was pretty sure that teaching was not for me. I was well on my way in my junior year of college working toward a biology degree so that I could become a pediatric physician’s assistant. I still cannot explain what happened, but one week I was a biology major, and the next I knew that I have always been meant to teach children. I suppose I just took the longer route to get there than most people do. The two main reasons that I have chosen to become a teacher is that I believe that teaching is extremely personally rewarding in many ways and the fact that I can actively make a difference in someone’s life.