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.
Friday, September 26, 2014
September 22 - This is What Being a Teacher is Really About
To begin my story, I have to start with tragic news. The first week of school I accidentally dropped a computer on my foot and fractured my toe. This caused me to be out for the first couple of weeks, but this led to the moment that I realized what being a teacher is all about. Once I returned to school, my students welcomed me with a "We Miss You" note on the whiteboard and complaints about that the substituted teacher wasn't doing right. The students then proceeded to show me graphic design work that they self instructed themselves to do while I was out. The work was magnificent and one student said "Mr. Hose you taught us this last year and we remembered it!" At this moment I realized that the thing that I teach the students actually stick with them, rather it's graphic design, work ethic skill or world news. At that moment I said "This is what being a teacher is really about!"
Octavius I'm sorry to hear about your fractured toe but I'm glad something so positive came out it. It's an amazing feeling to realize that students actually do retain some or most of what we teach. I think that it shows your effectiveness in the classroom when the students model what you have taught them in your absence. I hope that along the way we will continue to enjoy the moments of what being a teacher is all about.
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