College students considering entering the teaching profession must prepare themselves to meet these challenges. It means raising expectations about what children can accomplish and doing all that can be done to help them achieve their full potential. It means improving one's knowledge about new teaching tools such as computers, multimedia and the internet. In the next decade, teachers will need to know not only how to operate these technologies, but how to integrate them most effectively into their classrooms to help children learn. Finally, it means making a commitment to continuous and lifelong improvement in teaching and in fostering a love of learning in our children.
Teaching is a caring, creative act.
It is a mission. A creation of knowing that miracles occur because you cared, loved and patiently kept polishing until the dark corners of a child's mind become brightened, and as you watch those formerly sad eyes become luminous, you then know why I teach.