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.
I like this, I've also thought of teaching, but if I were to teach, I'd teach pe because kids can really care about a pe teacher and feel like they're more of a friend they can trust than a tyrant trying to drill info into their minds. I also like that you're keeping your options open, anyone that says you need to know what you're going to do when you grow up, as a teenager is crazy.
ReplyDeleteYou should have made your title [title about teaching] hehe ;) But actually that's a good idea. I think I want to do 5 years of college so I can get my teaching degree, too. Although I'm not sure what grade I would want to teach: sometimes I think 4th grade, sometimes middle school, sometimes high school, and sometimes I think I might like being a drama teacher like B or even a drama teacher for a middle school. But I agree---teaching the dumb kids would be really annoying :P
ReplyDeleteI could see you being a wonderful middle school teacher, considering you actually have the patience for it. I am pretty strongly considering teaching as well, but I'm leaning more towards high school because I cannot stand screaming children ,[that rules out kindergarten] bartending and teaching elementary school isn't all that good of a combo, middle school is meh, too much hormones from the kids, which leaves high school.
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