I Want To Become A Future Teacher

When we are children, many of us dream to become a ballerina, movie star, princess, astronaut, or even a firefighter. However, when I was a child, I wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to stand at the front of a classroom and teach students. I grew up always using my imagination by playing with my dolls by myself, perfectly happy. My parents would look into my room seeing my mouth moving, but no sound coming out. I could be in my own little world for hours on end. I would set up my own classroom, give my students or dolls spelling tests, and even grade them. I had a classroom right in my own room. However, it did not end there.
Throughout my time being a student, I have found that I can recall every name of every teacher I had in grade school. However, there were only a few teachers that …show more content…
Seeing different strategies modeled by my own professors has really guided me into wanting my classroom to be a hands-on and interactive environment. I do not want to always be the one leading conversations and teaching; I want my students to explore ideas on their own with self-exploration, discussing concepts with their peers and learning to dive deeper into understanding the concepts because they genuinely want to know more. However, I also know what I do not want to do as a teacher from the professors and teachers I have had throughout my time in school. Such as consistently having individual work time and never collaborating. I hope to be timely and precise with my feedback about assignments for students. I hope to have clear expectations and goals for my students to reach that challenge them to work at their full potential. Through the teachers I have had, my philosophy for teaching children has continued to grow as I form my own opinions on how I want my classroom to look, feel, and