“I don’t know what I don’t know” seems to be an easy sentenced to type but a harder one to internalize. As a student, I take pride in knowing a lot and thinking I am well rounded and diverse. But the matter of fact is that I do not, I have a very limited scope when it comes to diversity. This does not means I am not open to learning, it means that I have to consciously work on my pride. Our class has proven to be both enjoyable and eye opening. The most interesting thing I have learned is that the question “where are you from?” can be rather loaded and confusing. For someone who is very obviously white, born in America, and lived in the same house my entire life, this question carries not negative connotations. However, after our discussions …show more content…
What begins as altruism turns into a controlling mission. As Christians, we should not fall into this but we do because we believe God is with us and blessing what we do, especially if it stems from a place of altruism. As Christians, we know God is using us to act out his plan, we cannot get wrapped up into our plan. We must be willing to adjust to the situations which God places before us as educators. I want to be an educator because I love my subject area. I think it gives students a place to create and think and be able to express who they are and their beliefs. I would be lying if I said hoping my students would fall in love with literature was not one of my reasons for wanting to be a teacher. I know not everyone loves literature, I know quite a few of my friends who rather hate it. However, I want to be an educator to help students do what they both love and hate simply to show them they are capable of doing what they do not think they can. However, I cannot go into teaching with the mindset my students do not think they can do something. I need to expect the highest of them. If I do not see my classroom as it is, then I would not be teaching. I would be rambling on my own personal agenda and my students would not be learning. While I have goals for my classroom, they are not so dogmatic that I cannot change them to adapt to the needs of my