Field Observation Reflection Paper
The best way for someone to determine if they really would like to go into a certain field
is to observe and talk to others who are already in the discipline. This is especially important for
prospective teachers because although you do not realize it as a student, teaching is a very taxing
job that requires patience and determination. With a diverse classroom of students who have
various levels of knowledge on the subjects being taught and how they grasp those subjects a
teacher must be able to meet the needs of these pupils. To meet those requirements the educator
must be able to inspire students and have a curriculum that reflects the learning styles of all
students. This semester has been helpful in providing me with various ideas for my own
classroom and teaching methods.
During this semester I was able to observe in a wide variety of classrooms, each visit
being at a different school within the County School System. The classes I
observed were fourth grade, fifth grade, seventh grade World Geography, high school Geometry,
and special education class. I felt that the experience helped me determine whether or not I was
truly on the right path. I still felt a pull toward the high school mathematics class which is what I
originally planned to teach. Although I now feel like I would be able to handle elementary level
students; whereas, I was not sure if I would beforehand. I still have no desire to teach at the
middle school level or a special education class.
Although I had the realization that I would not mind teaching elementary students I still
plan on teaching mathematics because that is where my true passion lies. I find joy in helping
student...
... middle of paper ...
... explained to me that he felt he was just trying to teach the curriculum at first and was
lecturing a majority of the time. If I am able to determine some activities now it will help me
when I begin my job as an educator.
Teaching is a very diverse job that requires many skills and a lot of patience. It is
important for a teacher to be able to maintain a healthy and professional relationship with their
pupils, develop lesson plans that keep the attention of a majority of the students, make the
atmosphere of the classroom inviting, and be a welcoming person capable of standing up in front
of the class to teach. All of these become part of my goals for development as an educator over
the next few years. Looking back at the experience I had in observing, I still have the
determination to inspire others through a career in mathematics education.
Greek tragedies often teach readers several valuable lessons, one of which is the catastrophe caused by acting on emotions. Both Oedipus and Antigone experience this as a result of their rash behavior. Even Creon ends up miserable in Antigone due to the change in his behavior. By acting on their emotions, these characters all experience tragic downfalls, while others, such as Ismene and Creon during Oedipus Rex, remain safe due to their prudence and indications of wisdom.
Looking back, I believe that the correct choice was made. Obviously, I cannot know for sure until I immerse myself in the waters of a full-time teaching position. Perhaps I will come to find that the field of education is not what I expected. Maybe I will be unable to get through to my students. Who knows—these are all possibilities. I think about these possibilities from time to time, and they always scare me. Devoting four years of my life to something only to fail at that pursuit would be devastating. Despite these fears, ...
If the development of Financial Market in America is like a sturdy adult, I would say the development of Financial Market in China is just like a child. The history of the U.S. financial market was established and has been growing over two centuries. For China, only twenty year has now passed since the financial market was built and growth. The Chinese financial market seems to be immature compared to the U.S. For example, China’s financial market does not have a thorough monitored stock market. The child is just starting to imitate the behavior and follow the step of the adult. However, the child is too young that mistakes always being made. On the other hand, since the child is in his early growth stage, a high level of growth is undertaking and a large progress might be attained. In today's China’s financial market, it is necessary for China to gather finance professionals in development of financial market. As a recent graduate student, working in the finance field less than a year, it is extremely hard for me in making a tiny positive effect on the growth of Chinese financial. However, to be engaged myself to the development of Chinese financial market is my long-term career goal.
The drive to learn more and share what I learned exposed me. After fulfilling the algebra requirement, I realized that I enjoyed algebra. So I took more math classes, just for the fun of it. I stayed up late, working additional problems, caught up in the thrill of understanding. I became an unofficial tutor, helping my classmates with factoring and linear equations. It was fun helping them learn. Whipping around the room from one student to the next was exhilarating! "Have you ever thought of becoming a math teacher?
After graduating college it is time to hit the real world, so it’s time to begin of what I want to do for a living. The career I’m striving to achieve is to become an elementary teacher or middle school teacher. Becoming a teacher would be fantastic, it’s a job I know I would enjoy and I’m passionate about. Being able to help young students learn new things every day would be amazing, knowing that in elementary years it is the foundation of a student’s education. Teaching in general and watching people through the process of learning the is the main reason I’m seeking a career as a teacher.
Howells, Peter., Bain, Keith 2000, Financial Markets and Institutions, 3rd edn, Henry King Ltd., Great Britain.
Taking an education journey at a college can take you in many paths. The path you choose or a path you have never even thought of. From graduating high school I had a mindset of going into the business field. It has been about 13 weeks into my first p’’semester and I found myself changing my degree/certificate to elementary education. I have chosen this career because I have always had a passion to teach as well work hands on with others. I did some research and found elementary education to be in my best interest, which was great kids and I get along perfect. In the past I have had many of my teachers would recommend me to teach but I always had a mindset of sticking with the business field. I have had experienced many teachers just teaching to teach, and having a teacher not be passionate about their job also affects the learning of the kids. I am passionate to see them be successful in the future and I am excited to go into a field where I will be able to shape and impact there early education lives.
I started working for the school district and really enjoyed working with the kids, but they were only mild special education, kids who had reading problems or language barriers, some with more severe problems. I knew that I wanted something more challenging.
The key to understanding suicide and self-destructive behavior comes from the awareness of how some destructive thought processes control the need to end one’s life. Being cognizant of how these thoughts are veiled and can lead to a self-destructive downward spiral, enables clinicians to better assess risk and design interventions for depressed and suicidal clients. According to Nock and Banajii (2007) worldwide, suicides among adolescents have increased dramatically averaging one million each year. Many teenagers experience strong feelings of stress, confusion and self-doubt in the process of growing up. Pressures to succeed, the economy, and the environment can intensify these feelings. At present, self-report has been unsuccessful in the prevention of teen suicide; the tools available to help health care professionals detect potential suicide ideation are not sufficiently reliable (Nock & Banajii, 2007). In fact, Nock and Benajii stated that often during therapy, suicidal ideation may not be present and surfaces once the patient goes home or oftentimes, the patient will deliberately hide the urge to end his life. Because the existing tools rely solely on subjective statements, it is very challenging to decipher congruency between what is verbalized and what remains unsaid (Nock & Banajii, 2007).
Unlike most people who have wanted to be teachers since they were young, that was not always the case for me. Growing up, I thought I wanted to be a lawyer seeing as to how I had an older sister that always had to be right. During my junior year of high school I took AP Psychology, loved it and decided that I would be a psychologist, until my guidance counselor told me that that was a bad idea during my senior meeting. After that meeting I decided to reconsider psychology and figure out what I should be when I was older, and that’s when it clicked. I have always loved working with kids, from my apprenticeship at a daycare, to cannon ball contests with the kids as a lifeguard, and even helping out with my old cheer team when I was in high school. Additionally, I was always good at math, thanks to my math teacher grandpa that would send me math problems to do for fun in elementary school. The summer going into my senior year of high
As I stood outside listening to instructions before entering Highlands Elementary School, which is dedicated to educate any students that walk through their door, I was having mixed emotions.. As a future teacher, I was excited because it was going to be such an amazing experience to be in a classroom with kids and being able to teach them but as a regular student, I was nervous because I did not know if the kids were going to like me, whether or not, I would be able to make a difference in their day. There was a great group of staff there that were really kind and amazing and gave me the impression that they all love the kids that attend school there. As we got inside I was really praying that I would be assigned to a first grade classroom but instead I heard my name called for one of the third grade classes. I was a little bit disappointed but I trusted in God and I knew he was going to put me somewhere where he could use me for his service.
After coming to the conclusion that I want to work in the medical field I have done countless amounts of research and learned that I have to take more challenging courses of mathematics which excites me that I will be able to attain an even higher understanding of math and use my understanding to help others. Whereas countless people may dislike math I embody it. I can see math incorporated into clothes, architecture, people and technology. Math is everywhere I turn and allows me to flourish.
Teaching is a difficult profession that is not meant for everyone. There are multitudes of valid reasons to not be a teacher. There are people whom think that a teacher’s job is simply an eight-three job but that it far from the truth. Teacher’s entire nights are essentially overtime, but without the pay other jobs give for the extra hours. Teachers are revered in other countries, but in America they are criticized. There are abounding amounts of bad teachers out there in the world and I may just become one more uninspiring person in a child’s life. Personally, I have had numerous terrible teachers in my career as a student, I can’t just be another story about a horrendous teacher who grades badly or just simply not an exceptional educator. I do not wish to be a teacher because of the lack of authority in an authoritative position, the lack of trust between the teacher and parents, and the constant need to reassure your position.
At the time I did not know it, but the summer after graduating from high school would be one of the greatest summers of my life. During this summer, I became involved in a program called Energy Express. In this program, I had my own classroom of approximately ten students. I instructed these students in improving their reading and writing skills. I became more deeply involved with the program as the summer progressed and I fell in love with the art of teaching. Until this time, I did not know of anything that gave me the type of joy that teaching gives me. I had not known what a thrill that it would be for me to watch a child that could not read at all in June, read very well by the time August came around. I knew for sure after my summer was over with Energy Express that I wanted to be an educator, but not just any educator. I want to be the teacher that has a lasting impact on the lives of every single student that comes into my classroom.
... to interchange ideas and clarify doubts or issues I have. I have to contain myself for doing the most of the speaking in some of the classes, overcome laziness to analyze how well or bad an activity or class turned out and think of better ways to do things when they did not work as I thought they will . To conclude I am aware that the only responsible of my learning is me. “Teacher training or education is something that can be managed by others; Teacher development is something that can be done only by and for oneself” Wallace, 1991.