What This Class Has Taught Me

This class has taught me a lot. It has taught me a lot about myself and it has taught me a lot about education. The main thing I learned from this class was that I really do want to be a teacher. I love working with kids, I love making things cute and colorful, I don't mind doing the paperwork. I look back at the beginning of the semester when we started talking about the service learning and I got a little bit nervous because what if the service learning made me not want to be a teacher anymore? What if it made me hate everything about being a teacher? I do not have any other backup plan and there is nothing else I can see myself doing for the rest of my life. I am so glad that the service learning has confirmed my choice to become a teacher. 

 Doing the service learning and attending class has made me realize how important teaching is because we are teaching our future generation of mathematicians, scientists, inventors, teachers, and leaders. It is so important that we provide them with the best education so we can provide them, and our community, with a bright future. I feel that this class has taught me ways to do that and I feel that the service learning has showed me ways to do that. Before taking this course, I just thought that teaching would be fun. But now I realize how important it actually is to be an amazing teacher and how impactful teachers can be on their students. 

 What is my next step? I am going to continue to work towards becoming a teacher. I am planning on taking more elementary education classes next semester in order to prepare my self to enter the program. I really want to continue volunteering in the classroom so I can continue learning about what being a teacher really means. I have also thought about getting a job as a TA in the school where my aunt works. What a better job for an aspiring elementary teacher? I am SO excited to continue in this program and I am even more excited to eventually teach my own students. Thank you UVU for providing me with this great experience!  

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