Education and me

I love learning. And I've always loved it. Since I was born, I've been a curious girl about everything I've had around me. My brain works continuously at one hundred and one per cent. And that's what has made me learn a lot of interesting things during all my life. 

Why am I explaining it to you? Because it has a lot to do with my way of understanding teaching, and you will see it in a while.

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During all the years I went to school, college or even now at university, my marks have been outstanding. And I'm not saying it to show off, but it has been like that. I'm a truly self-demanding person, and I love working hard to get what I want. Everything I have to do is like a challenge for me. That's why my personal educational career has been brilliant. If you mix the curiosity about everything and the ability and motivation to work hard, you get it.

Of course there were a lot of things that I didn't like doing at all, or that I found boring, or even unuseful. But my will and effort have been always on the top.

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That's why I think the most important thing as a teacher is to make your students be curious. Awaking their curiosity is always my main goal, because I know from experience that it makes you learn constantly. Of course you also have to teach them other things like willingness, effort, perseverance... And usually this kind of things are more important in life than maths or science.

Anyway, that's me as a student and some of the things related to teaching that I've learn just by that: by being a student.

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But what about me as a teacher?

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Since some years ago, I've started teaching some kids. What it began as a hobby and a way to spend my free time and earn some little money, has become now on almost my job. I teach English all afternoons to more that 20 people of all ages (from little kids to adults), for 20 hours per week (like a part-time job!).

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I am really proud and happy about it, because if I summed all the hours I've already spent teaching, that would make a huge amount of time which would be a lot more compared to the number of internship hours we do at university. And I think that's the best way to learn. 

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I've already had to plan a lot of lessons, taught to a wide variety of students, seen which things work and which not with all of them... And another thing that I love and find really important: I've spoken with all those students about their schools, their teachers, their English lessons... and I've seen what they think about it. That has made me learn a lot about things to do and not to do! 

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I also work with exceptionally gifted kids at weekends, and this is another source of learning and experience for me too. While teachers usually tend to focus on adapting their lessons to those kids who have difficulties, they forget sometimes about other kids who get bored, who already know that content and who can even become dropout students. By knowing about the different experiences of the kids who I work with I've learnt a lot of things on how to deal with them.

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So, in the end, I love teaching and I love kids, and that's why I want to become a Primary School teacher. I think I have much to contribute to this job and I hope I will enjoy all my life being a good, proud and determined teacher.

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