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Why I Chose the "Most Noble" Profession

Becoming an Educator in the 21st Century

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Why I Chose the "Most Noble" Profession

As quoted by one of my education professors recently, I have chosen "the most noble" profession to spend the rest of my life doing. It really got me thinking about why I chose teaching as my career, and I'm happy with the ideas that i've come up with.

If I had to describe to anyone why I decided to pursue a career in education, only one thought would enter my mind. That thought would be of the last person I tutored at my old school.

She was a timid girl, just turned fourteen, and she could not stand to sit in an English class. She hated everything about it: the essays, the grammar, the conversations and discussions. Just everything. I was contacted by my former English teacher who thought I could be of use to her in dealing with her hatred for the core required class.

Essentially what happened was that I quickly learned more from her about patience and compassion for a struggling student than I think I could ever teach her about some English paper she had to write. She inspired me to look at the world differently, and in a more understanding way that allowed me to identify with her and other struggling students I tutored. I watched through her struggles, but in ways that she felt comfortable doing, not just a way one of her teachers told her was only one way of completing a task. That became a thrill that I wanted to experience from more young minds. I want to continue to encourage young minds to think and question the world we live in in order to better themselves individually and as generations to come. I want to watch them discover the world.

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