I Love Teaching
When I chose education as my major I never questioned teaching was what I wanted to do. The truth is education isn't a perfect profession, I know that. But never have I once stopped wanting to teach.
My mom pulled me aside a few days after the shooting asking me a question that had never once crossed my mind, “Do you still want to teach?” The question was tender hearted, she didn’t want me to stop teaching. She just wanted me to be sure that this is what I want to do—she was scared for me.
The answer is yes. I chose to teach the day I claimed my major. From that moment on there has been no going back for me, because I’m not doing it for myself. I’m doing it for my students. The students that I will one day have. The students that will be there on my first day of teaching. The students that will be there on my last day of teaching. The students that will fill more than just a seat in my classroom.
For me, this isn’t about politics. It’s about love. It’s about loving the children of America enough to do something about it. The amazing students in desks across our beautiful country are the future.
My mom pulled me aside a few days after the shooting asking me a question that had never once crossed my mind, “Do you still want to teach?” The question was tender hearted, she didn’t want me to stop teaching. She just wanted me to be sure that this is what I want to do—she was scared for me.
The answer is yes. I chose to teach the day I claimed my major. From that moment on there has been no going back for me, because I’m not doing it for myself. I’m doing it for my students. The students that I will one day have. The students that will be there on my first day of teaching. The students that will be there on my last day of teaching. The students that will fill more than just a seat in my classroom.
For me, this isn’t about politics. It’s about love. It’s about loving the children of America enough to do something about it. The amazing students in desks across our beautiful country are the future.
26-30, F
