A Passion for Teaching

When I was growing up I always detested social studies. I thought that it was boring and I did not see the point in studying about people and events that were over and would never occur again. That is, until I was a Junior in High School. I decided to take the easy way out and I registered for the regular American History course instead of AP American History. I figured that this would be a push over class, and if I had been a regular student it probably would have, but Mr. Anderson challenged me. He let other students just get by, but he saw potential and passion in me and pushed me to the ends of it. Like I said before, I was never thrilled to have to sit in a social studies course until Mr. Anderson decided to change that. Now, I have taken that passion for learning and have turned that into a passion for teaching. My hope is to turn students into passionate learners, just like what happened to me when I was young. It is too easy to just slip by in our education system. Many people just disappear into the masses and never really succeed but are not enough of a problem to be worked with. My goal is to change that and challenge each student and instill in them a desire to learn and to always keep learning. While my experience is solely here in the United States, I want to breech those borders and teach internationally. I recently visited Latin America, and felt that this could possibly be where I want to be. As of right now, it is just a dream, but I want to see this dream become reality.