Well, I couldn't come up with a clever title... But teaching has always been in the back of my mind as a possible profession. People tell me I'm pretty smart, my grades show it, and I enjoy teaching other people unless they're complete idiots. So I have always thought about it as a backup if I don't come up with any other hobbies I'm genuinely good at within the next year.
"But what kind of teaching?" you may ask. Well, I would like to teach middle school probably, since elementary school is all about one teacher teaching the many subjects (plus I was never all that great at division, so fourth grade is out) and high school is just way too impossible. From the kids that think they're gangster and have a right to swear in class, to the kids that choose an AP class when they are nowhere near AP understanding of that subject, it just all seems way too difficult. I appreciate all of the work teacher's do in high school, but I would never want to do it myself. And so that leaves middle school. The bridge of learning between basic math and the quadratic formula. Between sentence structure and five page papers. Between the Native Americans and the assassination of Lincoln. Basically, middle school teachers, though sometimes seen as the easy classes, still have a lot on their plates. If I was to teach middle school, I would probably teach the "core curriculum". As far as I know, that covers History and English, which people seem to think coincide. For me, at least, they definitely don't. I'm much stronger with English than I am with History, with the exception of this year since I'm in an AP English class and Mrs. Jonhsgard's History class. I mean, I understand English and it makes more sense to me than History, which is a lot of memorization of dates and names. However, when I was in middle school and had a good core teacher, I was thrilled. So I would like to do that for some children in the future without having to worry about foul language or kids that can't spell "Europe". All in all, I like to keeps my options open (in case you couldn't tell already) and I do enjoy kids and teaching, so that is definitely a possibility.
