What a challenging time for education! COVID 19 requires administrators, students, and teachers to forge new roads into unknown territory. There are political divisions splitting the country apart and racial tensions demanding public attention. Our students can be lost in the chaos of society or home. A generation better adapted to screen time than classroom instruction. Yet, the demands for higher standards of education continue to increase.
I believe teaching today requires more than a transfer of facts. As a teacher, we must create an environment for learning. A moment of meditation to center their busy minds with a predictable classroom structure. Then, into that classroom, we bring passion, creativity, and care. While some may cower at the prospect of challenges, I am excited to be an educator with the experience to meet today's challenges and make a difference in my student's lives.
Who Am I?
I am a teacher at heart. As a teenager, I worked as a teacher's aide to children with mental disabilities, and I knew I was a teacher. I majored in Education with endorsements in Art and Geography. I taught soldiers combat skills, ran an ROTC program, and taught Military Science. I also taught Sunday School lessons to preschool children and tutored Arabic college students. Throughout my life, I have taught students at every level of education- across a wide variety of subjects, and I loved teaching. But, my true love has always been with Art and Geography, and I dream of teaching the subjects I love.
Art stays with a person throughout their life. The way we look at shadows on any given day. The appreciation of light and texture in the world around us. The understanding of line, shape, and color and how they influence us in our daily live: as we decorate our homes, plant our gardens or photograph our lives. Art is everywhere, and teaching students about art enriches their lives forever.
And Geography, well, that explains the world and its people: Why the world spins as it does, why the seasons change, why people settle where they do. Geography broadens our world view and helps us understand cultural differences. It lets us know why industry and agriculture occur where they do. Where natural resources have caused wars, brought prosperity, and driven politics.
My heart skips a beat when I think of introducing students to Art and Geography. I want to be a teacher, and I have a lifetime of experience to help me meet the challenges of today's classroom.
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