Scott Hatfield Research Paper

Some teachers say that they have had the dream of being a teacher their entire life. I on the other hand would not strive for this dream until my second semester of college at the College of Southern Nevada, and I often ponder how different my life would have been if I would have had a teaching end goal from the beginning.

The career I chose is a secondary education teacher. More commonly referred to as a highschool teacher. A highschool teacher teaches grades 9th-12th and generally focuses in one subject area. High school teachers help prepare students for life after graduation. They teach academic lessons and various skills that students will need to attend college and to enter the job market (“U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics”). I chose this career because I want to be able to make a difference in young people’s lives and help shape them into good people. “I know that I have a huge impact on my students not just now, but for the rest of their lives,” says Linda Shelly, a high school math teacher in Glendale, arizona. “Seeing them rise to the challenge gives me great pride.” (“Teaching For a Living: Career Outlook”).

Every child has a dream, whether it’s to be a doctor, a police officer or a fire fighter. As a child I always had one dream: I wanted to become a teacher. Many days I would come home after school, along with my sisters and cousins, and play “school.” I was always the teacher. I would stand by the door, papers in hand, giving them work to do. I especially liked spelling tests. When they were finished with all of their work, they would go outside to “recess” while I graded their tests. Growing up, this activity was more fun than anything else I might have done with my free time. I never got tired of being the “teacher”. Now as a college student many people often ask me, “What are you majoring in?”, “What are you going to school for?” and I

The first observation I made about the teacher, Ms. Hayes, was that she was very passionate about her job. I could tell this is in many ways, but mostly by the way the classroom was arranged. According to Lynch, teachers should “use every possible area of the room to create an atmosphere that encourages participation and learning” (Lynch, 2015, p.272). The student’s desks were separated and put into rows, but at certain points during the school day they were allowed to rearrange their desks and get into groups. I think this is a very efficient way to set up the desks because some students are easily distracted and other students like working in groups to learn from each other. There was a smart board in the middle of the room so every student could see it from their desks. The smart board helped the students when trying to understand multiplication. Another aspect to the classroom that I thought was very important was the reading rug. The reading rug is a good way to get the students excited each day to listen to a new story, read aloud by the teacher. I could tell Ms. Hayes put a lot of time and work into decorating the classroom to make it a fun and studious learning

As children we have many goals and dreams. Eventually, the time comes when we have to make a career decision based on our interests and goals. The choices that we make now will have a lasting effect on our lives. Like most college students I have explored many career options, but I am always lead back to the education field. Teachers have a very difficult job because they have the power to shape and inspire our future nation. Although that can be an intimidating and often scary thought, it also gives me inspiration to move ahead in pursuing my goal of becoming a teacher. I have always had a passion for children. There is nothing like watching a child grow and watching their

For me, the decision to become a teacher is more of a way of life than a career. I have always loved school, practicing at being school marm from a young age, and voraciously devouring every shred of education offered me in my career as a student. If it were possible, I would be a student for the rest of my life. And then I still would not have learned enough. As a teacher, I hope to instill this appetite for knowledge in secondary students. They are, after all, the future leaders of the world, and what better place to expand the minds of the generations to come than here in Appalachia where education programs, especially the sciences, which I plan to teach, are poorly funded and children’s dreams

I have known from a young age I wanted to become a teacher when I grew up. Throughout high school, the passion I have

Monday, January 29, 2018, was my first day at Saraland High School and it was my first day of observations. Saraland High School is located in Saraland, Alabama where it is a part of the Saraland City Schools School System. Saraland High School has a student population of approximately 1,000 students. The teacher that I will be observing for this semester is Mr. Kendric Cook. Mr. Cook teaches Health to 10th graders. Mr. Cook has been teaching and coaching for 6 years and this is his first year teaching at Saraland. On my first day, I got to observe Mr. Cook and his teaching styles. Mr. Cook told me before he started his lesson that he considers himself to be a non-traditional teacher. He likes to sit at his desk or sit on top of the student desk when he teaches because he really wants to make sure that his students are engaged in the lesson. Mr. Cook told me that when he was in school his health teacher would just sit at his desk and he would not really “teach” and he

Since I started my high school journey, every year I have been asked countless time, what career would I like to pursue after high school. I knew from elementary school what I always wanted to do. My career vision is to one day become an elementary school teacher, then climb the ladder to become an awesome school principal.

William Sidney Hatfield, son of Jacob and Rebecca Hatfield was born on May 15, 1893. Due to his district smirk, he was most often called “Smilin’ Sid.” When Sid was a teenager he worked in the coal mines to help support his family. After agents came to evict wives and children from their homes, Sid Hatfield took action to help prevent further damage to the families that were already distressed. Sherriff Sid was angered and asked for help for the mayor, Cabell Testerman. They raised a small group of men that would support their beliefs and help them take action. Sid and his posse confronted the Baldwin-Felts agent near a train station. Their arguement soon became heated, and from there it was a gunfight. Ten men were killed. Seven of them

Prior to attending college I really didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. My only goal senior year of high school was to get accepted into a good college or university. Fortunately, I did get into a really good school, but my dilemma was I didn’t know what I wanted to major in. I decided to major in education, sadly because you get summers and weekends off. However, I was completely blind to how hard a teacher works and upon attending St. John’s University School of Education, I gained a new found appreciation for teaching. I decided my Freshman Year that this is what I wanted to do.

Growing up, I went through the teacher phase, just like every other kid, where I lined up my stuffed animals and had a whiteboard in the front of the room. I eventually did move past that stage of childhood ambitions and moved on to things I thought were bigger and better. However, as I grow older I find myself going back to teaching as a serious career option, especially in a high school setting. I grew up in a family of teachers, all four of my grandparents and my mom worked as a teacher at some point in their life. I feel like teaching would give me an opportunity to impact many lives and see a lot of kids do some wonderful things. High school teachers not only get to help students learn, as do elementary teachers, but get to help them move onto their next stages of life. I believe if I only get to help one student do something great, all the work and efforts will be worth it. All the hours of grading papers, planning lessons, and dealing with 120 different teenagers throughout the day will have meant something after all.

In the morning, I sat in on Mrs. Young’s early elementary special education classroom. There were only four students in this classroom, each of varying ability levels. One student had pretty severe needs; he used a wheelchair, walker, and stander. Along with that, he had some difficulty with communication, but he could read and say basic words. The other three students were in and out of the classroom and worked mostly on reading and writing. During the time I was there, I felt that there was a little confusion about what was happening because Mrs. Young was gone and one of the paras had only been working at Centennial Elementary for two days. The substitute teacher and each of the paras all did a great job of working together to keep things in line to ensure that the day went as smoothly as possible. I feel that I gained so much insight from observing the students learn in this environment. I was intrigued by

In 10 years I see myself working in the education field in middle school social studies. I am currently working hard to receive my bachelor's degree in education at Catawba College. I love working with children and my passion keeps building. During my years in college, I have worked 20-30 hours a week at Wendy's, while pursuing my degree in education. There have been some challenges along the way, but I have never given up the dream of being an educator. It is important to have strong influential educators in our society and I am working extremely hard on becoming a teacher. The goals I have always wanted to accomplish are receiving a bachelor's degree and making a positive impact on the lives of many young children. Also I want to be able

The big question teachers ask me throughout my life is “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I never had an answer to that. Going into college I didn’t have a set plan as to what career I would like to pursue. However, I knew that I wanted to work with kids; I originally wanted to be a pediatrician. That career choice was based on my family wanting me to be successful, so I put my passion for working with kids and their passion together. As I began to focus on what I want instead of what others want, I changed my major to Early Childhood Education and chose the path of teaching as my career choice. I have high hopes for this career because teachers are always needed. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS), the employment rate for my career choice will increase by six percent from 2014 to 2024. In this world, education is valued and will help put people many steps ahead. The reason why I chose to be an elementary teacher is because I want to be able to motivate and inspire my younger generations.