Teaching is the highest form of understanding. It may be easy to get into the profession of teaching, but being a good teacher is not easy. Normally, it takes a long time to acquire the characteristics of a good teacher. Sadly, experience does not make everyone great teacher. However, it is important for everyone in teaching profession to try to excel, as life could not sustain itself in an absence of good teachers.
Great teaching demands many things from professional educators including subject knowledge, caring attitudes, classroom techniques, commitment, and desire to make a difference in the lives of young people. No wonder it is hard to find great teachers. Good teachers are well organized and have clear ideas about their daily teaching plans, assignments, and grading policies. Their structured lessons and assignments offer many opportunities for students to learn new skills. Those seeking excellence in teaching continue to gain additional knowledge of their subjects and instill this desire in their students, too. Good teachers always push their students to strive for their goals and intentions. They will always motivate them to trust their own capabilities, take chances, and experiment with different approaches.
Teaching as Career and Not as a Pay Check
Many people that choose to become teachers because someone in their family was a teacher. Some teachers started out in another profession and never thought about teaching at all. After watching the National Teachers of the Year and listen to their stories it has enlightened me on why I choose to be a Teacher. Why do I want to be a teacher? I want to be a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in a child’s life. I volunteered in many elementary schools with low-income families, and I would have students say Mr. ‘Aryan’ enjoyed learning today or you made this lesson fun. That is what made me say ok this is my calling. Teaching to me is a calling not a hobby. You have to be special to be called to teach. many teachers are in the classroom because of a check and it is evident because of the way they treat their students.
If you do not have the passion to teach why are you there? Children remember what we as teachers say to them and it will scar a child for life. Teacher whose wish is to know that she has made a difference in a child’s life before she takes her last breath on this earth. I feel the same way. When I get ready to leave this earthly world I want my students to remember me as the teacher that made an impact on their life whether it be through a lesson or even through music.
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