EPS 511 Metaphor Paper
Patrick Doran
EPS 511
1st Metaphor Paper
4/19/12
As a teacher dedicated to consider how children think, feel, and understand their world, I am like a good book. Like a good book, once you get started and really get into it, you start thinking about it when you are not even reading it. I want to become the main focus point of my students’ attention. I want them to always be interested in what they are about to learn, but also very excited about what is coming next. A good book helps people solve problems they might be having and inspire people to do great things both academically and personally.
I have to make sure that I am a good book, and not a book that people do not really care for. This has happened with some of my teachers that I have …show more content…
had in the past. It goes more along the line of do not judge a book by its cover. Everything seemed like it was going to be perfect; the setting, the attitude of the teacher, the willingness of the students to learn, and then when you really get into the book you find out that it is pretty boring and cannot keep your attention. When I read a book that is not very interesting I tend to get tired and not really pay too much attention. I see this being the same thing as a teacher goes through. If you are not interesting and kind of boring, children will also get that vibe and tune you out.
I want to be like that book that you just cannot get enough of.
Keeping everyone on the edge of their seat, and excited to find out what will happen next. When I finish a good book, I wish it was not over and often reflect back on it to see what I have learned. That is exactly what I want my future students to think of me. Always being able to draw back on the life lessons that we will learn, and I will be there as a reference for them to turn to when they are looking for some answers.
I will have certain goals of the learning process that I must meet. This stays in line with the good book metaphor because I have learned from my own experiences that it is much easier to get people to follow directions and listen carefully when the subject is something that you actually want to learn. I want to be a good motivator and get children to follow me like they were turning the pages of a good book. As individuals develop, they encounter different opportunities and they experience different constraints for learning. This is the same as how people learn from reading a book. Everyone does not get the same experience out of every book, and the more you pay attention and want to learn, the more the book has to
offer.
A good book encourages people to have ongoing discussions. People often have book clubs or meetings, and they use the book to further discussions about certain situations. The book can be used as a conversation piece and I want the same thing to happen to me while I teach. I do not want the learning to end at each bell or at the end of the day. I want them to go home and talk to their families about what they have learned, and how they are excited to learn more. There are books that have been published hundreds of years ago and people still discuss them on a daily basis. I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication I can become a focal point that my students will talk about for many years to come.
EPS 511
1st Metaphor Paper
4/19/12
As a teacher dedicated to consider how children think, feel, and understand their world, I am like a good book. Like a good book, once you get started and really get into it, you start thinking about it when you are not even reading it. I want to become the main focus point of my students’ attention. I want them to always be interested in what they are about to learn, but also very excited about what is coming next. A good book helps people solve problems they might be having and inspire people to do great things both academically and personally.
I have to make sure that I am a good book, and not a book that people do not really care for. This has happened with some of my teachers that I have …show more content…
had in the past. It goes more along the line of do not judge a book by its cover. Everything seemed like it was going to be perfect; the setting, the attitude of the teacher, the willingness of the students to learn, and then when you really get into the book you find out that it is pretty boring and cannot keep your attention. When I read a book that is not very interesting I tend to get tired and not really pay too much attention. I see this being the same thing as a teacher goes through. If you are not interesting and kind of boring, children will also get that vibe and tune you out.
I want to be like that book that you just cannot get enough of.
Keeping everyone on the edge of their seat, and excited to find out what will happen next. When I finish a good book, I wish it was not over and often reflect back on it to see what I have learned. That is exactly what I want my future students to think of me. Always being able to draw back on the life lessons that we will learn, and I will be there as a reference for them to turn to when they are looking for some answers.
I will have certain goals of the learning process that I must meet. This stays in line with the good book metaphor because I have learned from my own experiences that it is much easier to get people to follow directions and listen carefully when the subject is something that you actually want to learn. I want to be a good motivator and get children to follow me like they were turning the pages of a good book. As individuals develop, they encounter different opportunities and they experience different constraints for learning. This is the same as how people learn from reading a book. Everyone does not get the same experience out of every book, and the more you pay attention and want to learn, the more the book has to
offer.
A good book encourages people to have ongoing discussions. People often have book clubs or meetings, and they use the book to further discussions about certain situations. The book can be used as a conversation piece and I want the same thing to happen to me while I teach. I do not want the learning to end at each bell or at the end of the day. I want them to go home and talk to their families about what they have learned, and how they are excited to learn more. There are books that have been published hundreds of years ago and people still discuss them on a daily basis. I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication I can become a focal point that my students will talk about for many years to come.