I believe that students should be taught in a caring, compassionate and comfortable setting. I also believe that you should have a love and passion for teaching as well as the students that you are teaching. Without that, your teaching will not have a long lasting or even an immediate effect on students.
After many years of working in education at the elementary level, I have recently been given the opportunity to work with middle school students. This experience has led me to believe that my passion is with these needy yet completely lovable kids. Once you break their insecure, and unsure personalities you will see that they are nothing but BIG children. Children with the same needs as a 2nd grader just not as sure of how to go about seeking to get those needs met.
One of my personal strengths is that I truly love kids. I love what they give me as much as what I have to share with them. I feel that one of the best things that I have to bring to teaching and education is my passion. You have to be willing to share yourself with kids in order to impact them.
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I fell in love with middle schoolers too, when I was teaching in the K12 system. They are a challenge, but you can still have fun with them. It's great to see that light go on when the realize that learning can be fun, interesting, and relevant to them. Passion is what will get through to them.
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