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#12 Why Do I Teach?

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ELTshouts. Teaching is a matter of trust! Teaching children with special needs. This is a post that a long time, I was thinking about to publish.

Teaching is a matter of trust! Teaching children with special needs.

Not only is it an important issue in the field of Education, but also personal one. Some of us (teachers, mothers, friends and on) have known good and bad stories about: “Teaching children with special needs”. However, some of us (teachers) have faced difficulties in our classroom to deal with this particular issue, principally Autism. When I was at University, I attended Psycology discipline, and I have to say that I didn’t remember anything about Autism. Answering your questions: Why did you decide to become an educator.

Sometimes it is not as easy as it seems to actually keep a blog and write frequently.

Answering your questions: Why did you decide to become an educator.

I have started blogging back in 2007, but I had a long break a couple of years ago and then I found blog challenges! Blog challenges are actually subjects that people (in my case teachers) write articles about and compare notes. This way I have found the strength to start expressing myself again and guess what? Conversations in the cloud. 30 Goals Challenge: Goal 12: Why do I teach? #30GoalsEdu. This was really a tough one....

30 Goals Challenge: Goal 12: Why do I teach? #30GoalsEdu

Although it is my job, I never really asked myself why I do it.... After reading the wonderful blog of Sylvia Guinan with a wide collection of teachers thoughts on the subject, I didn't have much to add... So why do I teach? For me, my job is not just a job. It is a way of living, it is a very important part of my life. Of course this could be done in other professions as well....

Another thing I like about kids is that they are curious. It's a great feeling to pass your knowledge to someone, no matter if they are young or old! So this is really a small post but it comes from my heart!!! Happy teaching! Why Do Teachers Teach? by George Salis on Prezi. Why We Teach: A Tribute to Teachers. Last week we had the first day of school.

Why We Teach: A Tribute to Teachers

I like the first day. My students’ nametags aren’t torn yet. Their desktops aren’t crusted with Elmer’s glue. The bristles on the paint brushes aren’t stiff, and the pencils in the pencil can don’t have any teeth marks. On the first day of school, I always ask my new third graders what they want to be when they grow up.

Several years ago during our when-I-grow-up discussion, eight-year-old Natalie asked me why I became a teacher. Teachers can get so busy with meetings and report cards and un-jamming the copier that it’s easy to forget why we went into the profession in the first place. I teach because I like to gather my students close to me on the reading rug and hear them burst out laughing when I read Teacher from the Black Lagoon. Introducing my kids to new ‘ten-dollar’ words like alliteration and perimeter then listen as they test their moms when they pick them up from school to see if they know what alliteration and perimeter mean, too.

Why do I teach? - A list of my negative character traits. Why I Teach by Fabiana L. Casella 2013. Why Do Teachers Teach? 768 Flares Twitter 41 Facebook 670 Google+ 30 LinkedIn 27 inShare27 768 Flares × Teaching is the stuff of life.

Why Do Teachers Teach?

It is the nature of our being. It’s in our DNA, and it ensures the survival of our species. It is natural, subconscious, and the means through which we grow, evolve, and expand human consciousness. It is the food of the soul, the life of the mind, and the heartbeat of the world we live in. Parents naturally teach their babies and children. One quote from a fellow teacher, Michael Butler, kind of pinpoints how I feel about this: There are four aspects of the human experience that I wish to explore here today. Whatever I mention here is also a reflection of feedback from teachers around the world who have given me their personal answers to this question on facebook and linkedin.