For centuries, it has been a social norm for many to view the teaching profession as some kind of joke. There is a saying that makes every nerve in my body twitch: “Those who can’t do, teach.” It is saddening that many people in our society view teachers as individuals who are lesser than or simply unintelligent. Being an education major is certainly not a blow-off path to take, and becoming a successful teacher is undoubtedly not an easy feat. My hope is that society can begin to stray away from the idea that teaching is just a babysitting job that people who aren’t smart enough to hold any other position have to do. Those who choose to teach choose to be an advocate for students, a master of every subject, and a dedicator of one hundred and …show more content…
Yes, we all go through grade school and therefore have all been a small part of the classroom, but it takes going behind the scenes and stepping into a teacher’s shoes for even just one day to truly understand the enormity of what the profession entails. For the media of this portion of my piece, I used Crayola markers and colored pencils. I chose this media because I wanted to represent the many children who are touched by teachers in the classroom each and every day. Teachers are not “babysitting” the twenty to thirty students in their classroom; they are shaping the minds of their students to become the intelligent adults of the future. Having the future directly in the palm of your hands is not something that teachers take lightly. They dedicate all of their time expanding upon their own knowledge in order to become a more valuable asset to their students and in order to become a better advocate for their varietal learning …show more content…
Each ray is a different blend of oil-pastel colors. Green represents mathematics, orange represents science, purple represents language arts, red represents social studies, blue represents social-emotional, and pink represents art. I chose to blend different shades of each hue to symbolize how teachers blend all subjects together to create well-rounded students who have the power to choose who they want to be and what they want to do in the future. I selected the shape of a sun in order to represent the enormity and importance of being a complete and well-rounded individual when taking on the job as a teacher so that you can instill the same in all of your