High School Teacher Career

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A high school teacher, a professional educator at the high school level, is a career that I wish to pursue because they help students, they are involved in the community, and they learn new thing every day. I have been interested in being a high school teacher since we started this essay, but I haven 't ever thought about what I wanted to do until yesterday when we had to choose one occupation. A high school teacher just sounded fun and rewarding, and I could coach baseball which I love to play. There are a lot of steps to become a teacher, They have to be have at least a bachelor 's degree, complete an approved teacher training program, do a student internship and pass a state licensing exam. High school teachers help their students learn …show more content…
Like teachers have to wake up really early every morning, “May occasionally be exposed to noise levels that are distracting.”(Working Conditions 1). The lunches don’t taste good, and the computers have restrictions on them. Teachers have to wake up early every morning and get there before the students do, and a lot of people do not like waking up early. Some kids like to mess with their teachers and do nothing and talk during class and they will need to know how to make them stop and if they don 't then they need to know how to punish the kids. School lunches do not taste good no matter which school it is even though the lunches are cheap it is still very hard to eat. The computers have restrictions on them like no movies, no games, no social media, and if teachers have a free period then they will get really bored if they can’t do anything …show more content…
To be a teacher people need to have a teaching certificate in the state that they are teaching in. Teachers can get a certificate in Missouri and teach in missouri but they can’t go and teach in Illinois. They also need to do a student teacher internship. Some other qualifications that are not as expressed are teachers need to read bad handwriting, they need to have good handwriting, they need to listen to bad speaking, “Speak clearly so listeners can understand.”(Skills and Abilities 1). Teachers need to be very organized, they have to know when something is wrong, they have to be able to read body language. A teacher will need to know when to help a student because not every student learns differently. Most qualifications to be a teacher are implied and there are tons of little skills that teachers need to

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