In my five years of high school, I’ve had numerous teachers that instructed me in a variety of subjects.  Although I did well in most of my classes, I didn’t feel that my teachers made much of an impression on me.  The exception to my general experience was my Social Studies teacher. Although I’ve always had an affinity to science, the class that I’ve always looked forward to was Social Studies.

Although my Social Studies teacher was never the most expressive or exciting person, something about those Social Studies lessons always kept me engaged in class. As a high school student, I could never figure out what qualities this particular teacher possessed. Upon graduation from secondary school, he was the only teacher that I kept in touch with afterwards. When I considered becoming a teacher, I resolved to find out exactly what my teacher did that made my experience so enjoyable. In fact, when I entertained thoughts of entering into the teaching profession he was the first person I went to for advice.

As a teacher candidate approaching the end of my education program, I’m not sure I have it all figured out. I do hope though that I am on my way to becoming the teacher I aspire to be.