What I like most and what I like least about being a CTE teacher
I love the fact that I have a opportunity to share all of the experience that I have had in my industry with students that are interested in my field. I feel as though if someone had given me the good, the bad, and the ugly maybe I would have known the better route to what I was trying to achieve. I realize that all of the years that we have spent in our industry has given us powerful insight to our business. I'm glad that I'm in a position to advise my students in a few different directions. What I like least about being a CTE teacher some of the studens seem not to take the class serious because either it is not the field of their interest or they may feel like it's just an elective. I try convey the benefits of them being exposed to a possible career option but that is not sufficient motivation for some of them. The good definitely out weighs the bad.
Hi Candice,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about it being frustrating having the students that don't take the class seriously because it is an elective or not what they want to do. What I try to remind my students is what they learn in my class will be important for the rest of their lives regardless if they choose this career or not. The same is true for cosmetology. They will become more educated consumers.
I agree and said almost the same thing about the good outweighing the bad. I tell my students when they come in that even if they are not interested in it they still get to learn. They will get to learn a skill that no one can take from them. Through life we will learn many things and have an imaginary "tool belt" and out skills are out "tools" this class gets to add more to our "tool belt".
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