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In today’s society, teachers can be many people and many things. A teacher can be a parent, a sibling, a relative, or a friend. A teacher can also be one’s own experiences throughout life. One thing that we know is constant is our ability to learn from the aforementioned. Teaching and learning are two ingredients to success at any age, and neither one can exist without the other. Teaching is how we grow as a civilization, and learning is an indication to continue teaching. Teaching is the root of success within any field of study, and without said process, the advancement of people across all tracks of the scholarship will cease to progress. Teaching should be fun because learning should be fun. Teaching is power and happiness that is entrenched within anyone who is passionate about uplifting, motivating, and changing the lives of scholars who at any point in life had a dream to be somebody special.
To be an outstanding teacher, one must first be an outstanding learner. Before I became a teacher, I was outstanding at learning. After I retire, I will continue to be an outstanding learner. Being an outstanding learner is the foundation of an outstanding teacher because it is in learning that one excels and develops. Each day, I learn new strategies and methods from my cohorts that aid me in delivering quality, individualized instruction for my scholars. Each day, I learn from the very same students that I teach. My students teach me how to become a better person, teacher, and role model. They teach me how to maintain a growth mindset when faced with adversity, and they teach me how to listen so that I can elicit change in their lives. For me to be an outstanding teacher, I had to become an outstanding learner and realize that I am not always correct; I do not always do everything perfectly; I can learn from the youngest person to the oldest person, and everyone has something to contribute to the world.
Being a teacher has many rewards. As a teacher, one has the ability to restore a person’s will to chase their dreams and not be afraid of failure. One has the ability to motivate people to become better citizens in life, and one has the ability to mold the minds of our future. It is important for me to leave my footprints in the sand of life. Students rarely have the opportunity to have an African American male as their teacher. As an African American male, it is important for me to be a representation of someone magnificent because the stereotypes of African American men are not always represented positively in media (e.g. music, movies, and television). Very bluntly, students of all races and genders state that they want to be in my class because they have heard amazing things about me, and those who have not to say they want to be in my class because I am a male or because I am African American. As a lifelong learner and outstanding teacher, it would be a mistake to ignore the fact that my simple physical characteristics of myself can play a major factor in changing a student’s life. A reward for being who I am and teaching what I teach is being able to see students that relate to me because of my gender, my skin color, and my socio-economic background. Students relate to my goofy and flawed personality, my passion for being great, and my will to make mindful choices, and they decide for themselves that they want to be like me or even become better. My students and I have an interdependent relationship. They recognize that the guidance, motivation, and knowledge that I provide are essential to their success, and I recognize that their yearning for what I can offer drives me toward success; we both need each other for survival.
My beliefs are demonstrated in my personal teaching style because I make them evident to my students in everything that I do. I constantly remind my students how I need them so that I can become great, and in return, they provide me with that same reminder. I teach my students the value of education and the importance of having fun while learning. I teach my students that being the best version of one’s self is the only thing one should be obligated to offer to the world, and that being who they are is just enough. My students see my passion when I teach and during our motivational talks through our morning meetings. The two most important things that I teach to my students and the two things that drive my teaching style are that I want them to create lives for themselves that they are happy to wake up and live, and to avoid making excuses for what does not go right in their lives, but instead make a change.
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