why i chose teaching profession
... a child who was in the fourth grade to be saying to me. I guess because I had a great experience in school with wonderful caring teachers. My memories of school are a little blurred with age but I do remember looking up to them as role models. Especially, my eighth grade English teacher who was the first person who ever told me that I was a beautiful writer. She encouraged me to continue to learn as much as I could about becoming a good writer. I still see her from time to time and she asks if I am still writing. I always say yes, but the last time I saw her, I got the chance to tell her that I am also in school to be a teacher. She is very happy for me. Therefore, my school experience being so positive I had not thought what it would be like if teachers did not care. However, the most important thing is --that I remember saying to the fourth grader “if I was your teacher I would care about you”. In addition, she said, “I wish you were my teacher”. At that moment you could say it was like the clouds parted and the sky opened. I realized at that very moment that I was put here on earth to be a teacher. A teacher that cares about the random thoughts and dreams each child has throughout each day is what I want to be. Therefore, I decided to go back to school to continue my education. However, this time it would be different. I now knew what I wanted to be—a teacher. I laugh at myself for not realizing this sooner, I mean I had been teaching almost all my life. I had taught swimming lessons, coached high school volleyball, and was a camp counselor for years. I just was afraid to admit that I liked teaching, like I was afraid people would not take me serious enough. I guess when people do a variety of things with their life like I have, people start to think of them as not following th...