Pursuit Of A Dream

Teaching To Me

Eye color is genetic. Hair color is genetic. It is my belief that, or at least in my case, teaching is genetic. I come from a long line of educators, some now retired, some still hanging around the district. A few have tried to convince me that there are other occupations besides teaching, but not in my book.

I have always been drawn to children with special needs. This semester I have been spending some time interning in a LIFE class unit at Luna Elementary. The experience has solidified my desire to work with challenged students.

I have been accepted to Sam Houston State University and plan to attain my education degree. Afterwards I plan to return to Garland Independent School District, where I have grown up, in the fall of 2011. Through the Elementary Teaching Internship program that I am currently in and have been for two years, I will sign a contract in April promising me a job when I come back. I am really looking forward to it. I have put a lot of work into the program and have had a wonderful time doing so. Through this program I have interned in three classrooms: a kindergarten, second grade and a LIFE classroom. Each one has been very different and very fulfilling.

My grandparents and parents have told me they believe that the students of GISD get an education second to none. Now that I am near the end of my public schooling, I understand what they were talking about.

It is my dream to return to the halls I walk today and give others the same wonderful experience and educational opportunities I have had. I want to change students' lives and be the teacher they tell their children about. And when their children so finally go to school, I want to be their teacher too. I want to leave an impression on generations to come.

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