Posts

Showing posts from August, 2022

What's Worth Standing Up For?

Image
      I believe the purpose of schools are to provide students with a valuable  education. Schools help shape our future because our students are our future. If students aren't getting a proper education, what do you think our future will look like in a couple years from now? Everything we do for our students will come back to us and will impact all of us. Schools aren't just about learning about specific subjects, but also about helping you grown as a person and preparing you for the real world. Almost everyone in the world gets an education, it's not the same for everyone, but we all get taught the basics. You don't only learn, but also interact with the people around you, which also helps you develop communication skills that will definitely be needed. Schools help you develop many skills that will shape you into your own unique person and that will help you be successful.      The marginalized students are the students from lower economic status. M...

Why teach?

Image
      To this day, I can remember all of my elementary teachers and how much I loved each one. They each had an impact on me, and that is something I want to be able to do for my future students. Teaching is more than just students learning about subjects, it's about  connecting with your students as well. Especially with eveything that's going on in the world right now, we need teachers that care for their students and that will support them all the way. I have a couple teachers in my family, my sister being one of them, so I've seen and heard what it's like for them. They go above and beyond as teachers and I want to be just like them.      I am currently working as a substitute teacher, I work with elementary, middle school, and high school. I've already gotten some insight of what each grade is like, and I can certainly say that I don't want to teach middle school, nor high school. I know I want to be a bilingual elementary school teacher,  ei...