Why+I+Want+to+Be+a+Teacher+Letter

Over the past sixteen years, I have seen what powers a teacher possesses in the classroom. They have an ability to give so much knowledge to the students that they are teaching. They have the power to teach in a way that students become so engaged that the students want to learn. As a student, I have seen so many teachers take their ability for granted and have seen so many others take this ability as if it were the greatest gift in the world. I want to become a teacher because I believe that knowledge is the greatest gift that I can have and pass on to my future students. On my first day of kindergarten, my mind was racing and I was very anxious to learn. Mrs. Water and Ms. Ham were two of the best teachers I had. They made it seem like I was having more fun than I was learning. They made lessons seem fun, engaging, and interesting all at once. I never realized that I was gaining knowledge at the same time I was having fun and enjoying the lessons that were being taught. Learning should be an enjoyable process and being able to teach subjects in a fascinating matter should be enjoyable also. It is not fair to students if the method of your teaching, and not the subject, is difficult for the students to understand. If the teacher is not engaged in the activity taking place, then students will not absorb the knowledge from the activity. I have had teachers in the past that would have the same routine everyday: review last night’s assignment, go over a new lesson, and start on the next assignment. It was the same constant routine throughout the entire year. Other teachers would ask question after question about an assignment that most students never completed because their teaching methods were not very clear and none of the students understood the assignment given. Communicating with your students is an important factor when teaching. If students do not understand the assignments being given, then teachers should work with their students until they comprehend what is being taught. Becoming a teacher would give me so many opportunities and activities to work with my students and communicate with them. I want to become a teacher because I have knowledge that I want to pass on to my future students. I want to be the type of teacher that can engage all students to learn and understand all subjects. Teaching should not feel like a job, but an opportunity to show all students with all different types of learning behaviors that they can learn. I want my future students to want to come to school and learn with a teacher that is willing to teach them. To teach students and see them comprehend what is being taught would be the greatest feeling in the world. Knowing that I am giving them knowledge that will stay with them throughout their school years is a wonderful feeling. I want to share all the knowledge that I possess with all my future students; the more knowledge that a student has, the richer they will become.
 * “//…knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become." -// Kurt Vonnegut**

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