This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Things Learned about Myself
The most important thing that I've learned in the past year is that teaching is a huge responsibility. As teachers, we can mold these young peoples lives. I learned that what we speak in their lives will make a big impact on their future. In my personal life, I had a teacher that spoke negative things in my life. I don't want that for my students. I have a good relationship with my students. They respect the line between teacher and student, but they also know if they need to talk about anything, I was there for them. It takes respect from them and for them. I don't have the perfect class by no means, but I have good students.
Leonard,
ReplyDeleteYes teaching is a huge responsibility. We have to be very careful with these young people carefully evaluating the potential impact of things said and not said of actions taken and not taken. As you well pointed out we have to be there for them. In some cases they have no one else.
Thanks,
Ron
I completely agree about us having a great deal of responsibility in the lives of our students. I think back on all of my instructors and teachers and realize that they had such a big part in making me who I am today-academically and socially. I also know that it is the negatives that most remember-so I try to remember that when I am in my classroom and even when I am out in public. My students see me out at the mall and elsewhere and I want them to be able to look up to me, not talk about what they see me doing outside of school or elsewhere like I have heard them do about other teachers. It sounds as though you have gotten close to your students and the respect you have for your role in their lives shows in your post. Keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteOnce we start teaching we soon realize the importance of the work we do. I just got an e-mail from one of my former students who had just got her acceptance to the University of Georgia. She wanted to thank me for all that I had done for her. That is what makes teaching worth while.
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