My Autobiography
Growing up with three sisters we always played together, my favorite game to play with them was school. For some reason, my sisters always wanted to be the students and I became the teacher. This is when I first started to adopt the idea of being a teacher when I grew up. About five years later, my mother allowed me to babysit for two girls who were one and four years old. I babysat these girls for about six years and in that time period I became very interested in children. During high school, I joined a preschool program where I taught about eight to ten preschoolers, twice a week. Teaching in this setting finalized my decision to seek a career in education. Now, I can confidently say that I want to be a teacher because I want to make a difference in children’s lives. I want to be the one who will make the children in the class feel that they are important and they have a voice. Being a teacher means I will also learn about how children grow mentally, physically, and emotionally. When I become a teacher, I will not only observe this, but I will also be a part of it.
My goal is to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in Elementary Education, a minor in Early Childhood Education and a minor in Inclusion. I am attracted to this goal for many different reasons. The main reason that attracts me to being a teacher is that I will be able to interact with different students each year. Having different students each year means different personalities and different challenges, which makes my job exciting and always changing. In this profession, I am also most attracted to working with children. Thankfully, I love working with children because I will spend more than eight hours a day with my students and I will probably see them more than my own family.
Though a lot of people have influenced me in my life, the person who influenced me most to make this decision is my mom. My mom is a Cat Scan Technician, so she knows nothing about formally teaching children; however, she has helped me greatly in making my decision. If she hadn’t gotten me the babysitting job I had for six years, I would have never realized that I love to be around children. Not only did she encourage me to babysit, but she also encouraged me to join the preschool program. She had to encourage me because at first I was a little hesitant to actually teach in front of a group of students. If it wasn’t for her I would not have decided during my senior year of high school that my major should be in Elementary Education. In addition to helping me determine my minor, she also helped me find a college with a great program in Education. When I realized how awesome the Education program was at the UW-Platteville, it was a no brainer and I made my decision to come here. If it wasn’t for my mom, I wouldn’t have made the decision to seek a career in Education and I wouldn’t have decided to attend the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
My favorite teacher growing up was Mrs. Bucchi who was a first-grade teacher when I went to Centennial Elementary School. She is the main reason why I want to teach at the first-grade level. What I remember most about her was how caring she was. I remember that one day in class a student spilled paint all over the ground. I was expecting Mrs. Bucchi to yell; instead, she knew it was an accident and calmly asked the student to clean it up. Even though she was a compassionate teacher, we respected her authority. For some reason she never had to raise her voice to let us know we were in trouble, and like any other teacher she punished us for bad behavior. Mrs. Bucchi was also a very approachable teacher. In her class students never felt that their problem would be too small to worry about or that their question was stupid. To summarize, the qualities stated above her caring spirit, her compassion, and her ability to be an authoritative figure is what made Mrs. Bucchi an amazing teacher.
Many things in my pre-adult life influenced how I plan to teach in the future. When I am an Elementary school teacher, I plan to have a neat and organized room. Most of my teachers growing up were disorganized; they were constantly taking time out of class to look for misplaced homework, notes, etc. Having a disorganized learning environment made it harder for me to learn because I frequently felt scatter brained like the classroom. Mrs. Bucchi was my most influential teacher; I plan to use what I have learned from observing her in my future classroom. While observing her, the most important thing I noticed was that she kept students interested, involved, and actively engaged. Most importantly, I plan to notice the shy students. I was always a shy student growing up, and most teachers didn’t know my name until the second half of the year. I plan to not only call on the extraverted students, but also on the students who know the answer and are just too afraid to say it aloud. This could be because they may be just too shy to speak up or they are afraid the teacher will embarrass them for being wrong. Either way, I will never make a student feel embarrassed when they give me an answer no matter how wrong they are. I will simply compliment the student for the fact that they gave input. Having a neat and organized classroom, using some of Mrs. Bucchi teaching techniques, and always paying attention to all my students, is how I plan to teach when I become a teacher.
I am at the very end of my collegiate career, and I know I will be a teacher very soon. Though I am stressed about portfolios and student teaching, I know it will all be worth it when I become a teacher. Another reason that I am driven to becoming a teacher is that though this may be hard, I should enjoy my last year at college. I am only a college student once, so I should make the most out of it. Lastly, thinking of that first day of school of my teaching career is what drives me. If I keep thinking of how good that will be, I know that I can get there.
My goal is to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in Elementary Education, a minor in Early Childhood Education and a minor in Inclusion. I am attracted to this goal for many different reasons. The main reason that attracts me to being a teacher is that I will be able to interact with different students each year. Having different students each year means different personalities and different challenges, which makes my job exciting and always changing. In this profession, I am also most attracted to working with children. Thankfully, I love working with children because I will spend more than eight hours a day with my students and I will probably see them more than my own family.
Though a lot of people have influenced me in my life, the person who influenced me most to make this decision is my mom. My mom is a Cat Scan Technician, so she knows nothing about formally teaching children; however, she has helped me greatly in making my decision. If she hadn’t gotten me the babysitting job I had for six years, I would have never realized that I love to be around children. Not only did she encourage me to babysit, but she also encouraged me to join the preschool program. She had to encourage me because at first I was a little hesitant to actually teach in front of a group of students. If it wasn’t for her I would not have decided during my senior year of high school that my major should be in Elementary Education. In addition to helping me determine my minor, she also helped me find a college with a great program in Education. When I realized how awesome the Education program was at the UW-Platteville, it was a no brainer and I made my decision to come here. If it wasn’t for my mom, I wouldn’t have made the decision to seek a career in Education and I wouldn’t have decided to attend the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
My favorite teacher growing up was Mrs. Bucchi who was a first-grade teacher when I went to Centennial Elementary School. She is the main reason why I want to teach at the first-grade level. What I remember most about her was how caring she was. I remember that one day in class a student spilled paint all over the ground. I was expecting Mrs. Bucchi to yell; instead, she knew it was an accident and calmly asked the student to clean it up. Even though she was a compassionate teacher, we respected her authority. For some reason she never had to raise her voice to let us know we were in trouble, and like any other teacher she punished us for bad behavior. Mrs. Bucchi was also a very approachable teacher. In her class students never felt that their problem would be too small to worry about or that their question was stupid. To summarize, the qualities stated above her caring spirit, her compassion, and her ability to be an authoritative figure is what made Mrs. Bucchi an amazing teacher.
Many things in my pre-adult life influenced how I plan to teach in the future. When I am an Elementary school teacher, I plan to have a neat and organized room. Most of my teachers growing up were disorganized; they were constantly taking time out of class to look for misplaced homework, notes, etc. Having a disorganized learning environment made it harder for me to learn because I frequently felt scatter brained like the classroom. Mrs. Bucchi was my most influential teacher; I plan to use what I have learned from observing her in my future classroom. While observing her, the most important thing I noticed was that she kept students interested, involved, and actively engaged. Most importantly, I plan to notice the shy students. I was always a shy student growing up, and most teachers didn’t know my name until the second half of the year. I plan to not only call on the extraverted students, but also on the students who know the answer and are just too afraid to say it aloud. This could be because they may be just too shy to speak up or they are afraid the teacher will embarrass them for being wrong. Either way, I will never make a student feel embarrassed when they give me an answer no matter how wrong they are. I will simply compliment the student for the fact that they gave input. Having a neat and organized classroom, using some of Mrs. Bucchi teaching techniques, and always paying attention to all my students, is how I plan to teach when I become a teacher.
I am at the very end of my collegiate career, and I know I will be a teacher very soon. Though I am stressed about portfolios and student teaching, I know it will all be worth it when I become a teacher. Another reason that I am driven to becoming a teacher is that though this may be hard, I should enjoy my last year at college. I am only a college student once, so I should make the most out of it. Lastly, thinking of that first day of school of my teaching career is what drives me. If I keep thinking of how good that will be, I know that I can get there.