Blog Post #10

To Teach or To Educate

I chose education as my major because I want to make a difference in a child's life. I love children and want to be a role model for them. I don't just want to teach and be looked at as only a teacher, I want to be viewed as an educator, a friend, a role model and a teacher.I want to inspire and motivate children to learn and advance in their learning abilities.I want to make things fun and interesting to help the students enjoy school and be excited about learning new things. As a educator, I will be a mentor and help my students advance in their learning experiences.I will also be there for my students and willing to listen and give any advice they may need. I will keep my students up to date with the advancing technology and the experiences going on in the world.Things are constantly changing in this day and time , so as educators we have the power to influence and educate anybody we come in contact with. Especially, sharing our new learning on technology with the future students.
To Teach or To Educate


"Don't Let Them Take My Pencils Home"
This post is about an Academic Specialist who confronts Mr. Spencer about allowing students to take pencils home. It was mentioned that she had a journal article about how students who use pencils at home have lower standardized test scores. It is really crazy that educators would go to the point of taking something as simple as a pencil away from the kids.It seemed as if she was more concerned about her reputation of being an educator and preventing low test scores than actually being a teacher and helping the students out.However, I really like the approach that Mr. Spencer took. He chose not to argue over this matter, but instead he found a solution to the problem. He took the time and met with students and their parents and explained to them ways pencils could be incorporated into learning.He worked with Mr. Brown to develop a parent- pencil program, where parents learned certain skills they were teaching students. We as educators have to realize that we shouldn't fight or argue over problems and issues that we are faced with. Instead we should work together to help find solutions and ways to fix the problems that we encounter. I know it is a priority and a real reward to have high test scores and make the schools look good but in all honesty the schools have become too concerned with the measures they should take to see that their scores on standardized tests are high and approved by state officials.The reason to be a teacher is to help the students out and help prepare them for the future. We need to educate our students and not worry so much about what others think. Some teachers teach for all the wrong reasons. You really have to love kids and love what you do to be a teacher. It is a lot of work and it is a job that should be taking seriously. You hold the key of learning for someones child. We need to step up as educators and really6 take our job seriously and help prepare these students for a brighter and better future.

Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home