Education

My experience at Danelley Elementary was great. The teacher that I observed name was Mrs. Colley. While interviewing Mrs. Colley, she said that she enjoys the teaching field and she has been teaching for three years. This year was her second year teaching first grade. Her first year of teaching she taught second grade. My Colley pretty much persuaded me into teaching first grade. First I was undecided about what grade I wanted to teach until I step foot into her classroom. Her classroom was plain but creative. . I think that by being in these teacher's classes really inspired me to think of my teaching philosophy and to ask myself why I chose to teach. I believe education is not just about the reading, writing and mathematics. Although these subjects are important, I feel education is about building a child up physically and mentally, and giving them confidence and teaching them the social skills that they would need to be a positive asset to society. Helping a child to know he can accomplish things with hard work, helping him to realize his talents and teaching him that caring for others and giving of oneself is important. I think this will create a classroom environment where the children will be able to concentrate on learning and be eager to learn. In today's society an education is a big asset. I feel that the education process should start with a strong reading background. The more a child reads the more the child learns

I also believe that good teachers can be best recognized by two traits. First, good teachers enjoy assisting their students in mastering knowledge and knowledge-acquisition skills. Hence, good teachers invest a great deal of time and effort in designing learning experiences that motivate and bring out the best in students. Second, good teachers also recognize their obligation to uphold academic standards. They meet their responsibility to their discipline, institution, and society to verify that the students have mastered appropriate knowledge and knowledge-acquisition skills. Only then do the grades, credits, and degrees granted have meaning, integrity, or worth. These two teaching traits are not ambiguous. Good teachers exhibit both traits.