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Teacher

What I want to be is an educator because it is one of the most important professions in the world.

I would like to teach Technology education this would include computers, Hardware and software, and how to use them, how to write programs on them. This would also include keyboard skills and many other things.

Computers are here to stay and technology is the future of our children. Teaching children can also be rewarding and a pleasure. The Age levels I would like to teach are high school and college students. This is because they are not too young and still want to learn. I feel that it is important to work with young people because they are our future.

One Reason why this is important is that our children are our future, and they need to be prepared for the future or they will not be successful in the working world. Teaching makes a difference in them, because it gives them tools to help them be successful in the future.

As the century changed and the 2000’s began so has the method of communication and business. As Bill Gates says “Im very optimistic about what we’ll see not just in the next decade that I call the digital decade but over the next year or two in terms of the advances that take place when great software and hardware come together.” I want to be a part of this process and what better way that of a teacher.

To inform, to edify, to instill, to guide, to enlighten, to enrich, to inspire. All of these words are examples of what teachers do. However, the job of a teacher means different things to different people. For some, a teacher is simply a person who informs students about "necessary information" like math formulas, historical facts, or literary works. Yet for others, and for myself, teachers are much more. They give their students not only their knowledge, but also their passion. They get involved in the lives of their students. They make their students feel good about themselves and, most importantly, make a lasting impact. I know this because teachers have done these things for me, and that is why I would like to become one.

My current and former teachers have instilled their passion in me. The age-old conflict of "reason versus passion" is disproven every day when good teachers reinforce their knowledge to students with enthusiasm and passion. This

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