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FOCUS Personal Statement

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When I was younger I knew what I wanted from a family life, but not a professional one. I wanted to be married with five kids, two sons who would be older than the two daughters and the fifth would remain a mystery. Now, everything has changed. I know I want to be a middle school teacher, to be there for my students the way none of my teachers were for me. For me success does not mean having that nice house with a fenced in yard and my own kids to come home to at the end of the day. For me, this means giving a better start to other peoples’ children, to help them through one of the most awkward phases of their life. I want to be able to be the teacher that kids come to for advice or if something is bothering them. I want them to feel safe. …show more content…

That being said, the careers I am most interested in are that of a middle school English or history teacher. According to FOCUS, the job market for both of these careers are expected to grow by 5-8% over the course of the next few years. The skills that are listed that appeal to me most for these two careers are helping others, listening, reading comprehension, reasoning, social perception, teaching, and writing and authoring. Both of the values, that being altruism/helping society, and helping others are qualities that are dear to me. In my life no one really ever stepped forward to help, even when it was clear I was too afraid, and lacked the confidence to ask for help. I want to be able to extend a hand when someone else is too scared to reach out. As far as the listed work conditions are concerned they neither greatly appealing or unappealing, and are merely neutral in terms of everyday life and normality. However, public speaking is one thing I do need to continue to work on, although I do have a greater ease in speaking and instructing children than adults or those closer to my age range. Simply through practice through projects, becoming more accustomed to speaking in larger groups of friends, clubs, and the eventuality of student teaching the nervousness that inevitably accompanies speaking in public should

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