Feelings Towards Teaching

I decided to become a teacher after a meltdown in my high school chemistry class. I love school and I’m great with kids, so I thought I could totally become a teacher. I did volunteer at my old elementary school summer program just to see if I truly like working with kids. There I helped kids build science projects and art crafts. I loved all the kids I’d work with. But I really wasn’t teaching them, just aiding them.

Start of freshmen year of college, I was really excited for my education class. Learning the basic of teaching. A lot to what my professor said about this job being a service to one’s community inspired me. I wanted to help kids in my community and provide myself as a support system to the future kids I were to teach.

However, my professor bought in guest speakers, people who have or haved taught. One of the guest speakers had a really motivational journey as a teacher, but said you have to ask yourself if you truly love teaching. I am aware I have yet to be a in classroom and teach, but when she said that I realized I love learning and can’t picture myself teaching.

So, as of right now, I don’t plan to become a teacher. I want to know what it is I love that I can make a career and a difference. But I was still planning to become a teacher, I would be excited about meeting all the kids, and look forward to seeing them grow in my classroom. And the thing I would fear would be failing. I was unable to help a student because I didn’t try my best to know what teaching method works best for them.

All in all, I still might become a teacher and face my fears and excitement. Or I might become something else that helps my community and still be excited or fearful about that. After, it is only the first year of my college experience.