Free Essays on If I Were A Teacher

  1. Classroom Management for Teachers

    important aspects for beginning teachers to address within their classrooms. Creating a supportive learning environment where all students feel capable of learning and comfortable is one of the best things a teacher can do in their classroom. Through the past few semesters, I have witnessed some really...

  2. KAL AND THE GOOD LANGUAGE TEACHER

    Language Teacher’ Stephen Andrews University of Hong Kong, China sandrews@hkucc.hku.hk Arthur McNeill Chinese University of Hong Kong, China amcneill@cuhk.edu.hk BACKGROUND Both of us have extensive involvement in ESOL teacher education, working mainly with non-native speaker teachers of English...

  3. Teacher Tenure

    Teacher Tenure Tenure has recently been a highly publicized educational issue. Some people believe it is the foundation of our school systems. Although, in some peoples opinion tenure is an outdated mode by which teachers remain employed without proper evaluation. In this day and age teachers’ jobs...

  4. Student-Teacher Reflection

    What I Have Learn When I Become A Teacher As a go along with my Diploma in Teaching, I keep in mind that this isn't the most financially rewarding path I can take, but if I’ve got the "right stuff," teaching can be the most personally rewarding path of all. Although all about it seems to be new to...

  5. Do I Affect You

    Justin McDowell Brock-Cancellieri English 101 14 March 2001 Do I Affect You? It is amazing how people never seem to realize the affect that they have on one another. Every day, there is a mother who abandons her child, a father who neglects his family, and siblings that disdain one another...

  6. Teacher

    Teacher We have different kinds of teacher’s personalities. Teachers vary from one to another in their goals, feels toward students and the personal. Also how they are working with students. So, I will talk about three different kinds of teacher’s personalities is: kind, semi and strict teacher. ...

  7. What Makes Teachers Great

    Teachers are sensational, I once would have said, when they totally love their jobs, and strive to help students expand their knowledge in a specific area. I once would have said that teachers are all alike, but now I believe that is a narrow point of view. The teachers I have had and the teachers whom...

  8. I Just Wanna Be Average Essay

    who go through high school are bored with the material, discouraged to try better, or just are not motivated for school. From my previous experiences I can agree with Rose’s critique of the school system because a student’s success for the future depends on an instructor or mentor’s guidance for achievement...

  9. Why I Want to Teach? - Essay

    ` I sat here for quite a while staring at a blank piece of paper asking my self over and over the question, Why do I want to Teach? I’m a fulltime mother so effectively have been a teacher to my son since the day he was born but why teach? There is that question again, so my new career fits in around...

  10. Someone I Admire Essay: Mr. Mann

    Bam! The podium fell as if in slow motion to the floor. “I said cut it out!” boomed the voice at the front of the classroom. I sat in delirious awe, wondering what would happen next. At the time, I was nothing but a giggly, hyperactive seventh grader, but the man at the front of the classroom changed...

  11. As a Special Education Teacher and College Instructor

    interest me when I went over my strong interest inventory results were Special education teacher and College Instructor. They both are very good jobs and they are very rewarding. Special education teachers work with youths and children that are mentally challenged. Special education teachers work with kids...

  12. Wanna Be a Teacher

    gratification? If a person guessed a teacher, they are correct. A teacher is a person who helps other people learn new things and acquire the knowledge needed to become responsible citizens, earn a living, and to lead useful and rewarding lives. To become a teacher, there are some things that a person...

  13. Parents Are the Best Teacher

    Parents are the best teachers In life, we must pass many stages: childhood, youth, adolescence and adulthood. I think we can learn many things from friends, teachers and people around us… among them, in my opinion; our parents are the best teachers. On one hand, parents always want to bring the best...

  14. My One Activity That I Consider Very Important

    and reaches his objectives. With age, I found satisfaction and interest in various activities in which I took part. Experiments fascinated me and hence I was never reluctant to try new endeavours. What initiated my response to in new fields were actually my fleeting moods and lack of concentration...

  15. A History of English Language Teaching (Second Edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Authors: a P R Howatt with H G Widdowson Despite the Fact That I Could Obviously Judge the Topic of the Book from the Title,

    Oxford University Press Authors: A P R Howatt with H G Widdowson Despite the fact that I could obviously judge the topic of the book from the title, this history of TEFL and TESOL was in no way what I expected before I started reading it. How that was a good and bad thing [...] Reviewed by Alex Case ...

  16. The Impact of Teachers' Autobiographies on Teaching Practice

    The Impact of Teachers’ Autobiographies on Teaching Practice by Diana Norma Szokolyai, Ed.M, M.A.   2   The more I thought about the impact of teachers’ autobiographies on their practice and the question of how the understanding of teacher autobiography might influence the way we design...

  17. Qualities of a Good Teacher

    Qualities of a Good Teacher There are so many wonderful professions in the world, such as doctors, lawyers, astronauts, pilots and so forth, but for some reason, I have had a passion about becoming a teacher ever since I went to school. I strongly believe that teachers are the ones who instruct us...

  18. How I Learned to Read a Write

    no surprise as I was naturally gifted in the ways of math but lacked in the English department for some time now. As the year progressed on I began to fall behind with my grades more than the usual amount, and was actually failing headed into the final 6, 6 weeks. After noticing that I was failing by...

  19. What Makes a Good Teacher? - Essay 2

    I think that the most important quality that makes a good teacher is the ability to teach without double standards. There is a reason that there are specific lesson plans for specific grade levels, and there is a reason that schoolwork is graded the way it is. Many studies have been performed and continue...

  20. Keeping Teachers in School Would Be a Disaster

    Keeping teachers in school Would Be a Disaster Recently, a group of teens spoke before the city council in banishment of teachers. The teens, many of whom were joined by their parents, asked voters to provide $100,000 to replace teachers with computers that will help the students lives in understanding...

  21. I School Good for You?

    SOTHUN Is School Good for You? I think I cannot live without school because school brings me knowledge. Without school, I may live my life like a normal person, and I will not be able to do anything better than a normal person able to do. Now, I want to show you how school has affected my...

  22. The Best Teacher I Have Ever Had

    Identifying which teacher was the best I’ve ever had is a very simple task, despite the array that I have to choose from. He was my history teacher for four years, taking me all the way through the basic knowledge of Nazi Germany to an in-depth study of Russian Tsarism and USSR Communism. What made...

  23. Ethical Dilemma. should I do this as a good teacher?

    years of being a teacher, one question that I frequently ask myself is "should I do this as a good teacher?" I ask this question not to be regarded as a good teacher by my students or colleagues or superiors; I ask this question because as a teacher, I want to make sure that everything I do is worthy of...

  24. How I Think Writing Should Be Taught

    How I Think Writing Should Be Taught Writing has never been something I’ve ever enjoyed. In school I focused on all the rules I was being taught. To be honest, I never realized that essays were a way to express your opinion, argument of agreement, or disagreement. The process of writing was presented...

  25. Critically Examine the Work of Three Authors in Relation to How Children Develop and Learn and How Teachers and Other Adults Impact on This Process. Reflect Upon the Impact the Knowledge Gained from This Reading Has

    authors in relation to how children develop and learn and how teachers and other adults impact on this process. Reflect upon the impact the knowledge gained from this reading has had on your own developing understanding on your role as a teacher. “Learning in schools does not happen by chance, though...

  26. teacher vs caseworker

    cohesively with the teacher regarding the client’s behavioral problem? On a scale from 1-3 how would you rate your measures of client’s satisfaction, did the caseworker and teacher helped mother understand her child’s needs. (1 a lot, 2 a little, 3 not at all) In the event, you were behind on case work...

  27. What Is a Teacher?

    responsibilities and boundaries would be as a teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle (300-500 words). My role as a teacher in the lifelong learning sector is to share my knowledge and experience of the chosen subject matter onto the students that I teach and assess. I am there to guide and facilitate the...

  28. Teen Who Kills Teacher Sentenced to 28 Years

    day Nathaniel Brazill took the life of a teacher. It’s hard to believe that at the age of thirteen, someone so young can have so much anger and so much rage to end a human beings life. Nathaniel, fourteen, at the time of conviction, took his school teachers life. What in today’s society brings youth...

  29. Teachers Philosophies

    What would happen if you were caught with a bag of pot at school?? What about a gun?? Now what do you think would happen if you were caught giving thanks for your food in the school cafeteria, or reading your Bible in your spare time?? Since 1962 the Supreme Court has prohibited prayer, bible reading...

  30. relation between teacher and student

    INTRODUCTION: The teacher student relationship is very important for children. Children spend approximately 5 to 7 hours a day with a teacher for almost 10 months. We ask ourselves what is considered a good teacher. All of us have gone through schooling, and if fortunate had a favourite teacher. A positive...

  31. hi i met you

    Have I really been here 25 years? That sounds like a long time ... about the same length as a double spell of English grammar on a Friday afternoon when the sun is shining. That too can seem to go on and on. Fortunately for you I don't plan to. I remember coming here with my brand new teacher kit...

  32. Why Was I in First Year Writing

    I assumed being placed into first year college writing was a mandatory class coming into The University of Tampa as a freshman. I did not realize I was being placed into this writing class because my SAT or ACT scores were too low. At first I thought that I did not need to be in this class, it was just...

  33. Why I Hate to Write Papers

    Why I Hate Writing By: Tra' Morris/ Dr. Mason English 110 Writing english papers is the worst part of school. The teachers always give you a boring topic to write about or something that they bairly understand. Most teachers will make u hate writing papers. All of my teacher thru grade school...

  34. Oh Snap Guess What I Broke Narritive Essay

    Guess what I broke? By: Jamie Volk College Writing two Proffessor: Phillip Fitzpatrick Assgignment 1: Narrative essay It was a memorable bleak winters afternoon in January. It was a chilly day so when recess arrived; the teachers made certain that we were bundled up...

  35. This Is What I Call Bestfriends But More Like Long Lost Sisters!

    This Is What I Call Bestfriends But More Like Long Lost Sisters! It all began the first day, when all the new primary sevens who were becoming the new S1 pupils at Lornshill Academy had to do a trasition day to see their new school also to meet there new teachers and the new pupils who we'd call friends...

  36. My Creation and Greatest Teacher

    Creation and Greatest Teacher “Oh my God,” was my reaction when my girlfriend told me she was pregnant. The fear I felt, after receiving this news, was unlike anything I had ever felt. I asked myself, “am I ready for this?” My reply was, “no, but you better get ready.” Little did I know I was in for the...

  37. Favorite teacher

    Lewis, I want to thank you for educating, loving, and believing in me, I have never taken the time to show you how grateful I am to you. This letter is long overdue, but I hope that my thoughts in some way express my gratitude to you for your dedication in teaching and nurturing my young mind. I thank...

  38. Life as I See It

    Life as I See It People are always fussing over perfection. They feel like everything they do has to been done in a certain way or else it’s not right. We don’t see that making mistakes in life is just a part of learning to be perfect. “This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection...

  39. Ground Rules for a Teacher

    Assignment 1: Task 4 Ground Rules: As a teacher I believe that establishing and applying an organised set of ground rules is vital in order to achieve control and discipline over a group of learners. It is important to organise the class in a way that would help them to establish their own set of...

  40. Lies My Teacher Told me

    The book “Lies My Teacher Told me” by James W. Loewen introduced the major problems in U.S history textbooks. What he found out in these twelve different high school American history textbooks were the lack of information about the historical events. Students would easily get bored during history class...

  41. Review of Roles, Responsibilities and Boundaries as a Teacher

    Review what your role, responsibilities and boundaries as a teacher would be in terms of the teaching in terms of the Teaching/Training Cycle: “Teaching and learning should be a structured process, teaching will follow a cycle and the teacher makes use of this to ensure achievement”. Wilson, L...

  42. How to Become a Teacher Pet

    A teacher's pet is someone who is greatly favored by a teacher. To become a teacher's pet, it will take a bit of work, but the results are phenomenal. When you're a teacher's pet, the teacher is more likely to accept excuses from you, and you are guaranteed a good high school recommendation. Being a...

  43. The Sunday School Teacher

    lukewarmness should sometimes be found. Hence it is of importance to ascertain the best means for keeping up the zeal of the teacher's office. By this I mean, the prosecution of its duties with vigor, interest, and delight—in opposition to that lifeless and indolent manner of dragging through them which...

  44. What I Learned

    College is great! The teachers are friendly and very helpful, and the students are also friendly. At first college was kind of scary because the fact of knowing that I have to start back at the bottom of the food chain. After 4 years of high school and working my way up, I had to start back at the...

  45. Lies My Teacher Told Me book review

    David Buss Mrs.Tucci AP United States History 2 March 2014 Book Review Lies My Teacher Told Me, exposes many lies and/or misconceptions that different history textbooks teach to the students of America in the first six chapters. Chapter one is written with a focus on what Loewen refers to as...

  46. The use of templates They Say I Say

    interest of so many people to learn. College students need to communicate in an educated and sophisticated form to classmates, teachers and future employers. The book, They Say/ I Say written by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein allow students to think outside the box. In the introduction the authors...

  47. Your school is organising a ceremony for your favourite English teacher who is retiring. You have been asked to give a farewell speech. Use notes below about your teacher to write your speech.

    is organising a ceremony for your favourite English teacher who is retiring. You have been asked to give a farewell speech. Use notes below about your teacher to write your speech..Everybody has a favourite teacher. You know the one I mean; the teacher who transforms the way you see the world, gives you...

  48. Book Review of "Teaching Shakespeare: a Handbook for Teachers" by Rex Gibson

    English, teachers to be well-versed in teaching drama. In this paper, the book Teaching Shakespeare: A Handbook for Teachers, written by Rex Gibson, is reviewed. First, a general summary of the book is provided. This is followed by a discussion of some of the things mentioned in the book which I think...

  49. Explain How the Role of the Teacher Changes in the Process of the Child's Growing Normalization

    Montessori explained that the transformation she experienced in children’s behaviour at the Children’s Houses was staggering for her. She and the teachers never made attempt to force children to learn if they resisted or use the materials, never compelled themselves on to the children – as we usually...

  50. When I Was Young

    It happened when I was young, just a child of ten years old. I experienced the first loss of a loved one. No, itwasn’t a death in the family. Aunt Tallydid not die a sudden death. It wasn’t my beloved pet dog trotting off to doggy heaven. None of the above. But it felt like a death, just the same. My...

  51. Summary of I Just Wanna Be Average

    Irving Miranda Kate Smith Engl 100 6/28/10 In the essay I Just Wanna Be Average, by Mike Rose, examines the idea of setting low standards for students. Rose discusses the apathy amongst students who are given bottom level schooling. He describes the harsh treatment and neglect he receives when...

  52. What I Learned This Semester

    Watkins What I Have Learned This Semester What I have learned this semester is that I can work independently. I thought that I would not be able to do the assignments in the book on my own, without there being an instructor standing in front of the class teaching. I came to realize that I can learn the...

  53. I Stand Here Ironing

    "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen An analytical Summary "I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron." The simplicity of this sentence introduces us, the reader, to the complexity of the narrative situation. Readers are introduced to a woman who...

  54. Getting What I Want

    68498 12:00 pm. M-TH Essay 2 06/23/10 Getting What I Want! Where is my mother? Why isn’t my mother in this room where she belongs, which is with me? Waah, waah, I want to see my mother! I don’t like being here with you! These were the sounds of a kindergartner in a state of shock when she...

  55. A Time I Was an Outsider

    A Time I was an Outsider When I was in middle school, around 6th and 7th grade, I was bullied a lot. One day I came home sobbing because of some things people said, and I said I wanted to move. I just wanted out of that school and I never wanted to go back. My mom worked hard to find a school where...

  56. The Father I Grew Up with

    My dad was born in 14th April 1955 in Jamalpur, Bangladesh. My father name is Abdulla Hel hossain Bablu. Both his parents were Muslims. His father name is Abdullah and he was a typical Muslim. His mother name is ameena begum and she was a house wife. Today, so many children go unnoticed and don’t receive...

  57. The Best Math Teacher of All Time

    “the” best math teacher of all time. Euclid of Alexandria is given so much praise because his textbook The Elements was published over 2000 years ago and is still referenced to today. The Elements is comprised of many chapters of which many of the great mathematicians’ findings were documented and perfected...

  58. What Have I Done?

    What have I done? I had my second visit at Edge Hill University, I was taught about the different learning styles in the first lesson. I learnt what type of learner I am and this was very useful information for me, because I was a visual learner which I was unaware of. I then had a lesson on critical...

  59. post method pedagogy and ELT teachers

    Academic and Applied Studies Vol. 2(2) February 2012, pp. 22- 29 Available online @ www.academians.org ISSN1925-931X Postmethod Pedagogy and ELT Teachers Mohammad Khatib1, Jalil Fat‟hi2 1 Department of English Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran Department of English...

  60. Why I Choose the Program

    Running Head: WHY I CHOSE Why I Chose the MBA Program Lasuandra Deloach University of Phoenix Why I Chose the MBA Program Many people chose the MBA Program for various reasons such as, to further their career, start a new career, or achieve a personal goal. I chose this program to further my...