Inspirations and Legacy

What inspired me to be a teacher?

I ultimately want to be a role model for my students. As an educator I have the potential to make a change. Whether it be big or small I have the potential to show them that learning is not always boring. In particular with history, many student find it tedious to learn—as many say, “about a bunch of old dead people.” I want to be the teacher that shows them that learning is not about memorizing dates and attempting to get the ‘A’. I aim to make material relevant to their lives and present it in a form that allows the student to become curious and want to learn more. Watching student become eager about learning more and applying to their lives is what inspire me to be an educator. The possibility that I can make students become passionate about learning is a rewording feeling.

What do I hope to leave behind?

My goal as an educator is to have my students question information. I want them to look at history and think about the perspective in which it was written or created. In this matter I also aim at including the voices that are often left out of the narrative. This includes reading or analyzing a document and discussing who wrote it, who was left out, and figure out what else the document is depicting aside from the obvious. I hope to show my student to look at their social world through different lenses that would allow them to be able to comprehend their perspective on the world as well as, how and why it differs from someone else’s perspective.