Why teaching?
"Why teaching?" That's usually the first what people mostly ask me when I tell them my major. Why do you want to teach? They don't get paid a lot. I could give many reasons why I have chosen teaching as a profession. I could talk about how my grandmother taught English at the middle school level or how my mother has been in the education field for more than 20 years. I could also talk about how when I was an older scout in the Boy Scouts of America, I helped guide and empower boys to become responsible young men. All of those reasons are part of why I want to be an educator. However, one of the biggest reasons I'm choosing teaching is that I will have a chance to positively affect young people and the world they will be participating in. This positivity comes about from a genuine interest in helping the next generation with their future, which is priceless for society. Even though it isn't very well paid, that work is rewarding. That relationship between posi...