This I Believe

I truly believe that the most important part of being a teacher is the ability to make a difference in the life of a child. Not only is it the job of a teacher to ensure learning of material in their students but also to teach them how to learn and to be inspired themselves as well. When you really think about it, teachers have an amazing opportunity, everyday that they spend in a classroom. Children, especially those in elementary school, are usually very excited and enthusiastic about going to school and learning. They look up to their teachers and absorb everything they see, hear, and experience. We as college students were once those young kids. Many people will go on to be doctors, lawyers, secretaries, etc, but its interesting to think that now we as education majors will be the ones teaching the future generations in our society. We have the power to inspire them and teach them to grow up and become whatever they want to become. I believe that teaching is also about understanding and accommodating to the individual differences and needs of the students while engaging them all as a whole class. Teaching is really not just a profession that anyone can just choose as their job. I believe that in order to be a true and effective teacher, one must be passionate and enthusiastic about inspiring the minds of the children that they are teaching.