I believe I am a product of the phrase “You are who you surround yourself with”.
My parents owned a daycare/preschool from the age I was two until mid-way through my sophomore year of college. When I was a child and a student, I attended the school. When I turned sixteen, I worked there after high school.
I was constantly surrounding by teachers and young learners. I fostered a love for the school environment which I think led me to chose education as my major in college.
So, when I initially chose my major, that was my “why”.
Now that I have matured and taken Education classes, my perception of education has changed so much. I tend to focus less on the fluffy things about teaching like what I want to wear and how I will decorate my room and transcended to be about what it means to teach someone a new skill.
As I previously mentioned in my “Introducing Me” page, I was an uninspired high school student who had no passion for reading and writing. I didn’t take the time to let myself appreciate the act of learning and literacy!
I now know I want to be a teacher that uses both scaffolding and inquiry-based learning to create a dynamic learning environment that students will love.
My “Why” today is to find those students like me and teach them to enjoy reading and writing.