Teaching as a Career

TEACHING AS A CAREER

One day you go to school for the last time. What to do after that? You realize that the time to choose one job out of hundreds has come. Before you can choose, you ask yourself quite a lot of questions. Many young people consider teaching as a career. It is a real challenge to your character, abilities and talent, as teaching is a constant stream of decisions. Children in the classroom aren’t just boys and girls. Every is a unique individual who has never been before and will never again exist. If you like people, you will love teaching. To be a good teacher you must be really interested in what you are doing. The most important things in the world are awareness and learning – wanting to know every day of your life more and more. Because every time you learn something you become something new. An ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a bored teacher teaches boredom. But a good teacher catalyzes in his pupils the burning desire to know and love for the truth and beauty. I think, that is the reason why humanity has the deepest respect for teachers. Ask yourself before choosing a career:
Why do I want to choose this career?
Will this job be in demand when I graduate?
Will this job pay my financial needs?
What I like to do?
What are you good at?
Where do you want to be in the future?

What is the qualities of good teachers ? Good teachers should have the following qualities. First, they must know the material they are teaching very well. The knowledge which they teach students must be accurate, so understanding the material thoroughly is necessary. Morever, it makes them more confident if they are independent of textbooks. Second, they should be able to explain their knowledge. Each teachers must find their own methods to demonstrate the lesson. Many ways of teaching can be applied to make even the most difficult matter clear to students. Third, they must be patient and understanding. Among good students, teachers aslo have a chance to work with slow-witted or naughty students; therefore, they need to learn how to live with students’ mistakes and respect their own ideas. Last, they must be able to make the subject matter interesting to the students. Sometimes, the matter of the lesson seems to be boring. If teachers have good sense of humor, it is easier for students to understand the lesson. To be a perferct teacher, all qualities above are needed.

Apart from these, a France said, “The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards”. But the true point here is: Are teachers capable enough to develop and increase our curiosity? Are we ready to get motivated? According to this modern society, what makes a good teacher?

I am in the opinion that teaching is not a simple task where the teacher talks and the student listens and takes notes. Although we are not aware of it, the process of teaching and getting involved with the other person is highly complex. Some specialists said that the process of interaction between a teacher and a group of learners is unconscious, and consists mainly on three points that create a good atmosphere in the classroom:
Cooperation: Process of working for a common purpose or benefit that actually bring two or more people together.
Communication: Process of transferring information from one entity to another in where one person not only speaks but also show their emotions. In order to succeed in communicating, there must be a clear message and a feedback from the receptor.
Learning: Process of gaining knowledge or skill where not only the student learns but also the teacher learns from the student. I compare teachers with musicians: you can study a lot and even learn by heart a technique, but if you are not gifted with that “something”, you will not be able to become a great teacher. Please do not forget