Growing up, I’ve always had the desire to become someone who makes an impact in the world someday. I’ve always liked the idea of becoming an educator, but never would I have thought that I would make it as a career choice someday, as my past experiences created a negative stereotype that shaped the way I see them.<\/p>\n
As a child, the classroom was the place I hated the most. I have had several experiences where I was humiliated by teachers in front of the class for many different reasons. I was a slow kid- someone who cannot seem to memorize words and complete assignments at the same pace as the others did. I hated the idea of school as I felt small and inferior to everyone, from my teachers to my peers. I was someone that was easily taken advantage of, as I was told by my 4th grade homeroom teacher that I can never become a leader. I lacked the attitude and the consistency. “But at least you can talk<\/em>,” she said.<\/p>\n I was quite confident whenever I was asked to speak publicly. Whether it may be for some show and tell or to represent the class in certain occasions, I felt that there was at least something desirable about me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her name was Mrs. Iris Quinones-Valera<\/strong>. She was my 6th grade teacher. She was the one who encouraged me to sign up for Declamation contests at our school. These contests are a form of story telling or a speech with feelings. She told me that she saw a lot of potential in me and that she wants to make sure I succeed in what I do. At one point, I actually disliked her because I felt that she was challenging me too much. I didn’t see my worth nor did I think I would amount to anything. But she saw who I was and who I can become. She pushed me to my limits because she believed in me.<\/p>\n Fast forward to 10 years later, I am now studying at Capilano University in beautiful Vancouver, BC- thousands of miles away from my her and my elementary school. I am pursuing education as a career, and will be getting my Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Care and Education in Spring 2019. Through the years, I have volunteered to be a Sunday school teacher for young kids, a youth leader for ages 12 above, got involved in becoming a part of the committee in summer camps, and am currently employed at Capilano University as an ePortfolio Ambassador and Peer Mentor.<\/p>\n Mrs. Iris changed my life completely through her encouragements and involvement in my life. It is because of her that I have made it my aim to be that same listening ear and encouraging heart to those who are still discovering themselves.<\/p>\n So, if you happen to see me at some point, go ahead and ask me this: “why teaching?”. Proudly and confidently, I would say “it’s simply because I want to change the world- one view, one perspective, one child at a time<\/em>“.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Growing up, I’ve always had the desire to become someone who makes an impact in the world someday. I’ve always liked the idea of becoming an educator, but never would I have thought that I would make it as a career choice someday, as my past experiences created a negative stereotype that shaped the way … Continue reading Why Teaching?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/faithdawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
It’s funny how sometimes, it only takes one person to change your entire view on something and turn your world upside down<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n