It takes many factors to help build and shape a future educator. One must examine personal educational experiences before being truly able to discover what teaching means. I believe teaching is a part of you, what you experienced, what you believe, and how you envision education. Teaching is more than a job you "show up for" nine months out of the year. It is a way of life. Teaching cannot be taught in a textbook; …showed first 75 words of 918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 918 total…and what you have become empowered to understand. Teaching is a comprehensive, relative collaboration of your own educational memories and ideas, which never rest, never cease, and never stop changing. This life long skill, reminds me to continue personal development, to seek out different or more effective ways to serve the needs of students, and to always remember that experiences have one of the most influential effects on what it is we believe and practice.