For me teaching is about the relationships that are forged
between teacher and student. I love
watching people develop and grow. I love
being a part of that growth and seeing them move on to the next level. It makes me feel like I am doing something
with my life.
I think that people who love to criticize teachers have no
idea why exactly we do what we do. I
live for helping a student understand something that is really hard. Or exposing them to historical topics that
they have never heard nor and probably never will again (unless they go to
college). It is amazing how much
students just don’t know and how much we can teach them. I pretty much assume that they don’t know the
information that I am going to share with them.
Some of them might know a little, but most have never heard of Andrew Jackson
or the Articles of Confederation. I get
to show them that! I am the person who
really starts to show them how interesting history can be. There is nothing more exciting than
that.
I like to think that I make a difference and help students
become better people and citizens. I
like to think that I ignite a fire with my passion for history within them and
show them that it really is very interesting!
History for me is always an adventure and a massive story that I have
constantly been pulling layers back over the years. I try to make them see that.
I have had students come up to me and tell me about how they
were watching TV, saw the GEICO commercial that had something to do with the
Boston Tea party and were so excited that
they actually understood what it was about.
I had another student who came back in after spring break last year so
excited that she had go and seen in person canal boats and the lock system down
at Great Falls. She was so proud that
she could tell her family some information that the guide did not! These are the moments that I live for and
work so hard for. They are the moments
that matter and what I love most about teaching. As a history teacher I am helping students
unlock aspects of the world that affect their everyday life. What job is more awesome than that?
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