I am a person who has seen the movie Zoolander way too many times.
Seriously though, who I am as a person will undoubtably shape who I become as a teacher. I believe that everyone has good in them. They may choose not to exhibit it, but I think deep down, humans are compassionate. I believe that everyone can learn, this differs for the individual of course. I think that kids thoughts and beliefs are like the proverbial lump of clay and teachers are the sculptors helping to mold their thoughts.
My purpose in being a teacher is to get kids excited about the world around them. To fire them up about science. To make them not dread the hour in class they will spend with me. To inspire their creativity and to help them be self-confident. I guess this also carries over to the aim I have for my classroom. I would like the students to respect me as their teacher and their peers. Mostly, I aim to make class fun and exciting, sometimes goofy, while teaching the content that I need to cover. Hopefully the students leaving my class will be interested in science and learn ways to make experiments and tests to prove or disprove.
Lastly, I don't follow sports or watch TV. So this hypothesis is not based in fact, but I'm from Jersey so, go Giants!
I LOVE Zoolander! If that's your sense of humor, then you'll be great in high school! haha.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting what you said about helping students to be self-confident. I think that in teaching science content well and giving them an opportunity to succeed in your class, you will give them confidence. I never liked science because I didn't feel successful in it. It made me nervous to learn about science, and therefore, I lacked self-confidence. Even if a student is not good in a certain subject, they can still be taught well enough to be somewhat confident about themselves in learning the content.
Sarah, I think that it is wonderful that you will be teaching science. Our schools definitely need more science teachers! As an adult, I find almost all types of science incredibly interesting, but I particularly am interested in physics. I think if you can bring energy, enthusiasm, creativity and a clear understanding of scientific concepts to your students, they will probably enjoy learning whatever type of science you are going to be teaching. I know that you are a creative person, so I am sure that you will have no problem creating an educational and fun environment for your students to learn in.
ReplyDeleteHow to make a heterocyclic nucleic acid interesting and exciting, or for that matter Genetics. This is my goal, to accomplish it through humor, satire and stories. Creative and factual material combined leaves a message. I agree.
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