There are teachers in everyone's life that have helped them through tough times. I had two teachers in high school which helped not only me but my whole family through one of the toughest times in our lives. During my sophomore year, my mother and brothers were hit head on by a drunk driver not a mile from our home. the two choir teachers at my high school helped my come to terms with the accident and also helped us through the long coma and recovery process. These two teachers touched my life through their kind words of encouragement and the way they took care of our family through that time. That is the type of teacher I want to be, I want the students I teach to feel that I am someone they can talk to. I want to be able to provide a home away from home feeling for the students, giving them a sense of security in our classroom. How can I provide this sense of security for students when there are so many unknowns in the world today? How, with the economic problems, can the student's parents afford to provide the students with the supplies they need for school? I know that being a teacher means being selfless when with the students and having a firm hand when it comes to the classroom discipline. What teachers have you had that have touched your lives? Have there been teachers who, you have felt, have gone passed the duties of a teacher and helped you after they have fulfilled their teaching duties? Most importantly, how have your teachers touched your lives not only in a school setting but also outside of the walls of the school?
Emilie
Emilie
