So for my EDUC (Profession of Teaching) class, we're discussing what it takes to make a great teacher and the great teachers that have impacted our lives. We've been assigned to make contact with one of our memorable teachers and let them know how they've impacted our lives.
I haven't done this yet, I haven't picked my teacher. I think I might pick two and go from there. I have until Friday to finish that. It's mainly because teachers don't always get the credit they deserve. It's amazing to hear some of the replies that people have received from their memorable teachers. It's inspiring in a way.
Our first big assignment is to either interview a memorable teacher of ours, or to watch a teaching movie (we were given a list to select from) and analyze what makes the teacher in the movie a great teacher.
The movie I picked is one of my all time favourite movies, and I have read the book a half dozen times. The book and the movie both were extremely inspirational and they both display why I want to become a teacher. The movie is The Freedom Writers. I don't expect to change as many lives, or touch as many lives as Erin Gruwell did in her classrooms, but if I can touch a few lives, inspire a few students then I will be successful.
Erin was a first year teacher, and even when she was in over her head, she didn't give up - she kept going and found a way to reach a group of youth that everyone else had given up on.
So if you've read the book or watched the movie, you might understand what I am saying.
Now I am setting out to try and find a way to contact the two teachers that made the biggest impact on my life.
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