Before coming to class, I was not
really sure of what to expect. After our
first meeting, I felt much more comfortable with what the course has to
offer. I spend a lot of time thinking
about how I will try to run my class as a teacher. Many of my family members and friends have
heard me utter the phrase: “In my class, I will never/always…” I am a very observant person, and so I have
spent a large amount of time watching teachers and taking mental notes of
things they do or do not do, and I apply those ideas to how I want my future
classes to be. I hope that this course
will give me the education I need to put into words what I want to be like as a
teacher. Right now all I have is an
idea, and I need a way to describe that idea and learn how to implement it.
As I stated in my first “Ticket
Out the Door,” I look forward to learning about motivation. A few years ago, I was under the impression
that if I was an amazing teacher, then my students would be perfect and want to
learn and participate. I’ve recently had
experiences that have shown me this is far from true. No matter how great a teacher might be, there
will be those students that are difficult to motivate. That realization created some anxiety for me,
so I hope to learn about way to motivate those difficult students that I am
sure I will cross paths with at some point in my career.
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