A Teacher's Journey |
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By Isabelle Lamey
“Teachers can kill students dreams or they can be the ones to help them reach their potential and help them find what it is that they are passionate about.” Mrs. Bell says, a teacher at Hillgrove High School. Teaching comes with a lot of responsibilities. Good teachers expect to have skills in communication, listening, collaboration, adaptability, empathy, and patience. With their challenging work and good qualities, do students respect them?
Madison Goody thinks that “they deal with a lot, and I appreciate what they do to help me in the long run.” It is easy to lose respect for teachers when students are bored of the lecturing and the huge workload. Some students here at Hillgrove say that they would fall asleep in class because of all the lecturing and how little engaging it is. So, the question teachers should be asking themself is, “how can I make this class more engaging and fun?” Mrs. Bell has a couple of ideas, “I just be myself and have conversations and just take a break and connect with the students. Students pick up on authenticity, students can tell when teachers are being fake and when they care about them. You can’t exactly tell what they like the most, but I think that students just don’t like to listen to lectures and it’s better to interact and things like that. Students like the opportunity to also work at their own pace.”
Most teachers didn’t know that they would become a teacher, in high school. Mrs. Bell wanted to be an entertainment lawyer, but then fell in love with education. “I love it, I love teaching, I love the interactions with students, I love to get to know them, and I love when students come back.” Teachers can fall in love with education just like that, and that’s how you know they are meant for teaching and helping shape a student’s future.
“Teachers can kill students dreams or they can be the ones to help them reach their potential and help them find what it is that they are passionate about.” Mrs. Bell says, a teacher at Hillgrove High School. Teaching comes with a lot of responsibilities. Good teachers expect to have skills in communication, listening, collaboration, adaptability, empathy, and patience. With their challenging work and good qualities, do students respect them?
Madison Goody thinks that “they deal with a lot, and I appreciate what they do to help me in the long run.” It is easy to lose respect for teachers when students are bored of the lecturing and the huge workload. Some students here at Hillgrove say that they would fall asleep in class because of all the lecturing and how little engaging it is. So, the question teachers should be asking themself is, “how can I make this class more engaging and fun?” Mrs. Bell has a couple of ideas, “I just be myself and have conversations and just take a break and connect with the students. Students pick up on authenticity, students can tell when teachers are being fake and when they care about them. You can’t exactly tell what they like the most, but I think that students just don’t like to listen to lectures and it’s better to interact and things like that. Students like the opportunity to also work at their own pace.”
Most teachers didn’t know that they would become a teacher, in high school. Mrs. Bell wanted to be an entertainment lawyer, but then fell in love with education. “I love it, I love teaching, I love the interactions with students, I love to get to know them, and I love when students come back.” Teachers can fall in love with education just like that, and that’s how you know they are meant for teaching and helping shape a student’s future.
