Choosing a college course was one of the toughest tasks I encountered before entering college. But there could never be tougher than enrolling and finishing the course that was never been including in your long list of choices.
Teaching is not the profession I dreamed for myself. I have dreamed to be someone sitting in a swivel chair selling advice and services to affluent individuals and businessmen of this country, giving terms of assurance about financial information to private corporations, financial industry, and various government bodies and securing the financial status of certain individuals and businesses.
I entered teaching profession for a duty and obligation rather than for a vocation. I had a lot of struggles and troubles on my first month… no two months… no… I think, first seven months of teaching. Yes, I enjoyed, but only when I was not inside the classroom. There were days that I do not feel like entering the classroom because I do not know how to introduce my lessons in a way that my pupils will find it interesting. Every time I would give an activity it was my burden to sustain their interests throughout the period. I easily get hurt whenever some of them would start to lose interest on the activity, I would think that what I gave to them was not that exciting. Whenever I would hear them complaining about me, about my negativities, I feel like giving up. I got upset when they could not comprehend my lessons though I had explained it in the best that I could. I always felt irritated with their uncontrolled noises that I would keep on shouting them and letting those impish pupils stand at the back of the classroom throughout the period and I would even let some of them stay outside the classroom. I do not know but every time I entered the class all I could think was they do not like me, that I could not be a good teacher to them. I really felt sad because before I started teaching them I believed I was somebody, but when I was in front of them I felt like nobody with nothing to contribute to their learning. How many times I examined myself but I could not point out the main problem.
It was then during the long Christmas vacation when I found out what is missing in my teaching profession. I was checking their seat works, the one given to them when I was a week absent. They were asked to write a page of what they have learned from my class. Before I read I was expecting that they havewritten the different topics and lessons of my subject that they have mastered. But on my surprise, most of the papers talk about me. How much they love me and appreciated all the activities and games I gave to them. How they enjoyed every minute of Mathematics period. There was one who said that I was one of the best and intelligent teachers she had. Almost all of the papers contain the three nicest words, “I LOVE YOU”.
Just right after I read all the papers when I realized that the problem is with me. It was me who could not appreciate them. It made clear to me that “Love” and ‘‘Acceptance” were the one missing for seven months I was teaching them, love for my work, love for my pupils and accepting their weaknesses.
The school year has ended and I realized that by being a teacher I also attained my dream as an accountant. Only that in teaching I am not dealing with wealthy individuals and businessmen but with children who are rich in dreams and ambitions. An accountant deals in securing money matters of individuals but a teacher deals in securing a meaningful and beautiful future of young individuals.
Teaching is my calling from GOD. I know a one -school -year experience in Hope Christian School will be a big help for me to carry out with joy the mission GOD has given me.
Teaching is not the profession I dreamed for myself. I have dreamed to be someone sitting in a swivel chair selling advice and services to affluent individuals and businessmen of this country, giving terms of assurance about financial information to private corporations, financial industry, and various government bodies and securing the financial status of certain individuals and businesses.
I entered teaching profession for a duty and obligation rather than for a vocation. I had a lot of struggles and troubles on my first month… no two months… no… I think, first seven months of teaching. Yes, I enjoyed, but only when I was not inside the classroom. There were days that I do not feel like entering the classroom because I do not know how to introduce my lessons in a way that my pupils will find it interesting. Every time I would give an activity it was my burden to sustain their interests throughout the period. I easily get hurt whenever some of them would start to lose interest on the activity, I would think that what I gave to them was not that exciting. Whenever I would hear them complaining about me, about my negativities, I feel like giving up. I got upset when they could not comprehend my lessons though I had explained it in the best that I could. I always felt irritated with their uncontrolled noises that I would keep on shouting them and letting those impish pupils stand at the back of the classroom throughout the period and I would even let some of them stay outside the classroom. I do not know but every time I entered the class all I could think was they do not like me, that I could not be a good teacher to them. I really felt sad because before I started teaching them I believed I was somebody, but when I was in front of them I felt like nobody with nothing to contribute to their learning. How many times I examined myself but I could not point out the main problem.
It was then during the long Christmas vacation when I found out what is missing in my teaching profession. I was checking their seat works, the one given to them when I was a week absent. They were asked to write a page of what they have learned from my class. Before I read I was expecting that they havewritten the different topics and lessons of my subject that they have mastered. But on my surprise, most of the papers talk about me. How much they love me and appreciated all the activities and games I gave to them. How they enjoyed every minute of Mathematics period. There was one who said that I was one of the best and intelligent teachers she had. Almost all of the papers contain the three nicest words, “I LOVE YOU”.
Just right after I read all the papers when I realized that the problem is with me. It was me who could not appreciate them. It made clear to me that “Love” and ‘‘Acceptance” were the one missing for seven months I was teaching them, love for my work, love for my pupils and accepting their weaknesses.
The school year has ended and I realized that by being a teacher I also attained my dream as an accountant. Only that in teaching I am not dealing with wealthy individuals and businessmen but with children who are rich in dreams and ambitions. An accountant deals in securing money matters of individuals but a teacher deals in securing a meaningful and beautiful future of young individuals.
Teaching is my calling from GOD. I know a one -school -year experience in Hope Christian School will be a big help for me to carry out with joy the mission GOD has given me.
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