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teachers: what do you love about your job?

by Golo Managing Editor
Published Jul. 9, 2008

Teachers of GOLO:

Is there any one thing you absolutely love about being a teacher? As a student, I often felt that my teachers were pleased when they knew, I mean knew 100% that I completely grasped a new concept. The look on a teacher's face when they know they're getting through to you, in my opinion...is priceless. 

But back to you now, what makes teaching worth it?

 

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I think the number one thing I love about teacher is the look on the students' faces when they get a concept or new skill. They light up and I can see that they are truly grateful.

I also find myself fully commiting my entire self into each and every child. I feel their pain when they come in upset because something happened at home or their dog died. I rejoice with them when something great has happened and see their excitement. They will always be *my* students no matter what grade they are in!

I walk in Bath and Body works and one of my former student is working there. She notices me comes over to help me. I asked her what she was doing now and she told me she is in college now studying to be a marine biologist. I was so pleased because this is something I have always wanted to do. The best part was when she told me she chose her career path because she remembers me teaching her about the manatee in the second grade. Little do we know what an impact we can have on young lives that can stay with them forever. This is why I teach.

What do I love about my job? That's a tough question given all the administrative and paperwork issues present in any school, but I would have to say the best part is building relationships with my students and their families. It really means a lot when the children ask for my help/advice in resolving school (and occasionally home) situations. It's also pretty cool to overhear them using my words. For example, I'm always telling my students that "something is better than nothing" especially when it relates to homework completion. During transition one day I heard a student asking another if he'd done the homework assignment. The child in question replied that he didn't fully complete the assignment. The first child shrugged his shoulders, smiled, and said, "Well, you know, something is better than nothing." I couldn't have said it better myself. Guess they really are listening, huh?

And he replied..."Because silly, rocks can't swim!" LOL

I want to share a story with you all...

I was teaching the class that heavy things will sink to the bottom of a fluid and the lighter things will float to the top. So we got some jello and the children desolved it in hot water. They were so excited to see the color change and smell the lime flavoring. We added some mixed fruit to the jello and began to stir it up. I asked them to quit stirring and watch what happened. They began to get excited as the fruit sunk to the bottom of the jello. I asked, "Wow, did you see that? I wonder why the fruit sank to the bottom?" They replied all at once, "It must weigh too much to float." I was excited they got it on the first try. So, I looked outside at the swimming pool and asked, "If I pick up a rock and throw it into the water, what would happen?" One little boy began shouting, "Ohhh Ohh Mrs. Lynette call me I know." So I called him and he said, "It would sink." Proud of myself that he got the concept, I asked, "why?"

What I love most about my job is the fact that the world looks so innocent through a child's eyes. I ask the students each day, "what can you teach me?" OH you would be surprised at how much I don't know! the excitement in their little eyes when they realize they taught me something...is priceless.

The absolute best thing about being a teacher is building the relationships with the students in your classroom that will allow them to become sucessful learners and problem solvers.

I can show a student anything, but until they know and trust me, I am talking at them instead of with them.

It is not the look in their eyes when they finally "get" something. It is the change that comes over them when they believe that they can learn anything that they do not already know.

That is what makes me get up every morning and deal with all the unpleasantries that come along with the job. Seeing the growth in each and every child and helping them to see that they can achieve greatness.

Someone once did that for me, and now, it is my turn to pay it forward to as many students as I can.

My favorite thing about teaching is making connections with my students. Sometimes it's through a great peice of writing they have the courage to create and turn in. Sometimes it's through that before- or after-class conversation. I love the look on their face when they see that I care enough to ask questions about their lives and how they are doing. Sometimes it's through giving kids second, third, and 20th chances to behave and perform that are just as earnest as the first chance - and seeing them come around. The next thing I love about my job is the intellectual challenge. I love exploring new pieces (I teach HS English) or activities or angles or discussions and seeing how they play out in the classroom. I love doing research and answering nearly every question they come up with. It's fun to anticipate what they will want to know. English opens the door for questions from any subject matter, so that is really a challenge, especially in world lit, journalism and Eng IV AP.

I am not a teacher but I am a school nurse and I teach (informally) health needs to the students!! I love working in the school because I love to see the smiles on their faces when I talk with them. I love it when they want to listen to their own heartbeat or want to learn to check their own pulse! I love it when I walk down the halls or go to the lunchroom and they run up to hug my neck. They are ALL BEAUTIFUL to me!!

I love working with students on a skill that they are strugglling to master and then seeing the look of pride and awe on their sweet faces when they finally "get it". No amount of money can touch that. When they catch on and the realization hits them, that moment is one you don't forget.

Another thing I love is to meet a student years later and have them tell you some moment that they remember. It's really special if they share something they learned from you that touched them in some way.

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