Throughout my career as a student I have had the honor of being taught by a number of great educators, many of whom I still keep in touch with. I have been extremely blessed with these mentors, three of which are now my bosses. I started college with a vague idea of what I wanted to do with my future, and within three months of graduating high school I was offered a job as an AVID tutor by my former kindergarten teacher who is now the principal of my former middle school, my former high school AP English teacher who is now the vice-principal of said middle school, and my former middle school science teacher who is now the head of the school’s AVID program. Prior to this I had never seriously considered being a teacher, but these three believed …show more content…
This is my third year tutoring AVID, and I can not think of a better job for myself. I want to pursue a career as an educator so that I can help students realize their potential to make an impact in their environment while helping them to develop and strengthen the skills they will need to be successful in the future. I have always found education to be an important value as a well educated person is more likely to live a joyful life by utilizing critical thinking skills, the ability to conceptualize and solve problems, as well as obtaining ethical values and integrity which can be utilized not only in the classroom, but also in the workfield, and in one’s personal life. I believe that a proper education will not only provide students with specialized knowledge, but will also equip students with skills and abilities that will benefit them in the long run. As a future middle school language arts teacher, I would like to open up my classroom for debates and discussions as often as possible as I believe that students can propose thoughts and ideas on a topic that are just as compelling as those of educators. A teacher does not have to be the sole holder of knowledge in a classroom setting, and we can learn just as