Now that I have decided that I want to become a teacher learning and teaching have become even more important to me. I want to be the best teacher that I can, not only by giving my students the required information for them to move on to the next grade, but by teaching them life long lessons as well. Also, I hope to be fair in the treatment of my students and build their self-esteem instead of hurting them by playing favorites. I feel that a happy student is a student that can and will learn. I believe the purposes of today s schools include teaching students to get alone with others, teaching students life long lessons for success, teaching students that there are many opportunities for them, and teaching them the basic principles in school such as reading, writing, and mathematics.
Social skills are so important for any person to have to succeed in life.
By success I mean just being happy with yourself and what you are doing, I am not talking about having a lot of money or being prestigious. Those things may come in time if you want them to and work very hard for them, but I do not define success by money or fame. I believe that children need to learn how to read and write and do math, but I also believe that they need to learn how to interact with each other and be able to get along in a civilized manner in society. I think that it is the teachers duty to teach his or her students the importance of getting along and being polite to others. Also, I think that students should be taught that there are so many opportunities for them in life.