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Miss Lisa Sammarco
Elementary School Teacher
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Ave.
Elmhurst, Il 60120
“A hundred years from now...it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove… But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” Anonymous
Being important in the life of a child. This statement pretty much sums
up why I want to be a teacher. Ever since I was a little girl, playing
schoolhouse with my friends, I knew wanted to be a teacher. When I was
little I wanted to be a teacher because I thought it would be fun. As
I grew older, I learned that teaching was not just about having fun but
it also about helping someone and having an impact on his or her life. I
learned this from one of my teachers in elementary school.
As a student I really struggled. I was often lost and did not understand what the teacher was talking about. I studied so hard but I often found that I would still get bad grades. Frequently I would feel frustrated with myself. I thought that I was just too dumb to learn anything. My grades never seemed to show the effort that I was putting into my work. I managed to coast along, getting mediocre grades, until a teacher came along who changed my life forever. This teacher saw how hard I was working and how frustrated I would become. She took time to sit down with me to figure out what was wrong. It was a long struggle but I eventually began to get better grades. No matter how discouraged I was she never let me give up. She was always there for me supporting me and helping me every step of the way. From that year on I started to get grades that actually showed me how hard I was working. Ever since I had that teacher I knew I wanted to be able to have an impact on someone's life as greatly as she had impacted mine.
I feel as a teacher I can bring my past knowledge of how school was for me to help my students. A lot of people just assume learning comes easily for everyone and if a person gets bad grades it is all because they are not trying. But I know from experience that is not true at all. As a teacher, I will take time out to help my students. I will not just assume they are lazy or just not smart enough. I will try my hardest to help all of my students and touch their lives in the same way my teacher touched mine.
I will also bring an enthusiastic attitude to the profession. I feel it is important for a teacher to be passionate about his or her job. If they are not excited about teaching then how are their students supposed to get excited about learning. When I went to school I cried if I had to miss a day. I want my students to be so excited about going to school that they will feel the same way if they have to miss a day.
As a student I really struggled. I was often lost and did not understand what the teacher was talking about. I studied so hard but I often found that I would still get bad grades. Frequently I would feel frustrated with myself. I thought that I was just too dumb to learn anything. My grades never seemed to show the effort that I was putting into my work. I managed to coast along, getting mediocre grades, until a teacher came along who changed my life forever. This teacher saw how hard I was working and how frustrated I would become. She took time to sit down with me to figure out what was wrong. It was a long struggle but I eventually began to get better grades. No matter how discouraged I was she never let me give up. She was always there for me supporting me and helping me every step of the way. From that year on I started to get grades that actually showed me how hard I was working. Ever since I had that teacher I knew I wanted to be able to have an impact on someone's life as greatly as she had impacted mine.
I feel as a teacher I can bring my past knowledge of how school was for me to help my students. A lot of people just assume learning comes easily for everyone and if a person gets bad grades it is all because they are not trying. But I know from experience that is not true at all. As a teacher, I will take time out to help my students. I will not just assume they are lazy or just not smart enough. I will try my hardest to help all of my students and touch their lives in the same way my teacher touched mine.
I will also bring an enthusiastic attitude to the profession. I feel it is important for a teacher to be passionate about his or her job. If they are not excited about teaching then how are their students supposed to get excited about learning. When I went to school I cried if I had to miss a day. I want my students to be so excited about going to school that they will feel the same way if they have to miss a day.
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This page was created by Lisa Sammarco on May 12, 2003.
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