journal reflection 1

One of many characteristics of my most significant teacher was that she never gave up on the class.  She would motivate us to learn, and did not let us think we could not do it.  She was a math teacher, and before I got to her class I hated math.   She taught me how to love the subject and not see it like an enemy because like she would say "you will do math until the day you die" and it is true.  She would not let us stay behind; she had the motivation to keep pushing us.  I think these characteristics are important to input in a class because the children see the effort the teacher put into the classroom therefore there is going to be positive responds.  These characteristics help a child feel motivated to learn and when a child learns that child is one step closer to what he is going to be. 

chapter 1 summary

This chapter talks about what it "takes" to be a teacher.  When you go into this profession, you will find people that will tell you that teaching was the best choice they have done and find others that say if they could do it again they would not pick this profession.  In order to be the person that says that teaching was the best profession they picked you have to be sure this is the profession for you.  Being a teacher, even though is not consider to be a profession with power, has a lot of influence when it comes to a child therefore a teacher can be a positive turning point in a childs life.