From my senior year in high school up until the day that I enrolled in the teaching program at BVU, a number of people told me that I should become a teacher. My mom, uncle, and other close family friends are teachers and they were all in my ear about doing it. For some reason I was stubborn and did not think that is what I wanted to do. This all changed while I began substitute teaching and coaching last year. While coaching my Jr. High basketball team, a player and I were talking before practice and he asked me why I was not a full time teacher. At that time I really did not have an answer for him and that got me thinking. Why wasn’t I? I love working with and helping students. I love coaching and interacting with students, as well as trying to help them be the best person that they can be. Maybe I should have listened to my family and friends a long time ago. …show more content…
This class told me that they enjoyed me being there because it seemed like I cared about them and wanted them to succeed, and they told me that I should be their teacher all of the time. Even though I was already enrolled in this program before this had happened, I knew that I was on the right path and that really made me put my mind to my work and helped me accomplish my goals in the classroom early in the process. I have always told people that whatever I end up doing, I want to make a difference in the world. What is a better way to make a difference then to do my best to make an impact on young adult’s lives heading out to the real world? I have been told by teachers and students alike that I should do this as a profession and that has helped me believe in myself. Not only do I think I can do it and be successful, but others think that as well and that just reassures