PS国外申请范文(十九)
Subject: Teaching Masters 9 ^5 n& r! |% g4 I
+ }5 H* D6 _+ i& S# M' M4 l$ }I want to be a teacher because I appreciate the great value ofeducation. Thr 3 H. J2 N0 ]2 a! H: T' g
oughout high school, education was never a top priority forme. Only during t
7 I% t3 l1 @) _he past two years, at college, have I realized theimportance of education. I
4 o/ _5 u( R5 ?- ?- I9 r$ Dnstead of letting hard subjects discourage me, as they used to, I have learn
7 i/ }- q4 V9 N+ O: Ped to turn my frustrations into hard work anddetermination. As a teenager, m
: \, M2 b; n$ H' i- {" ]- Gy social activities consumed my life. My friendswere not motivated to do wel 9 ~& V" y9 B7 L. `# n
l in school. Unfortunately, I followed theirlead. My grades were very low, a ! Z' ] b. g' N7 R, v
nd I did not even care. As I grew older and lost touch with my old friends, ! f3 C H0 Y$ w/ `. e
I decided tofocus on my education. I enrolled in Burlington County College. / p4 d6 @2 }0 o* B1 v r, [# {
There, I chose to associate with people who worked hard. My peers at Burling
! M: ]& y# u( S8 x: F5 Atonhave influenced me to strive to do the best I can academically. Math has ( e, s) g/ ^, H: ~4 F' [. j
always been a very difficult subject for me. I wouldoften get frustrated do
5 i% z% L+ E* U) l5 N8 I0 Bing problems, and would end up throwing down thebook and giving up. When I g
; E+ q, s U' c* q& M; _ot to college, I realized that math wouldinevitably be a part of my life and
6 l- ~8 r) p Ethat I would have to find a way to getthrough it. The motivating environmen
& j1 r' f2 B. D S3 O& e0 Nt at college has enabled me to relaxand work through the problems. I now fin 9 C, G# }) P$ c6 m* N( j1 |& y
d math to be one of my easiersubjects and I even enjoy its challenging aspec
$ d) T! F$ @( x8 F# a% n! ^4 Gts. My own roller-coaster ride with school has made me want to be ateacher.
( D' c" U; c' C {8 Y* bI have reflected on the factors that made me fail in my earlyyears of educa 3 k0 E2 e2 ~& f
tion, and I think one major factor was my teachers. Mydisinterest in grades
( q* m( a' V9 |0 `; a8 P6 Uwas obvious in high school, and all my teachersseemed content with it. I fee 0 |- j; N N( j- G$ {! o
l that if someone had sat me down andexplained the importance of school, or + f! n; \3 _/ g9 h) f
even just attempted to makelearning more interesting, I might have become mo 2 @6 D% y$ w z9 i
re motivated. As an elementary school teacher, I hope to make learning fun f
/ l. a5 t. a# V6 wormy students. It is my goal to ease the students’ frustrations as best Ican
! m7 l2 K% @* l2 h3 q0 t) y5 j. I would like my students to see me as not only their teacher, but assomeon 3 z& W' T$ P; l
e they can talk to and feel comfortable with. My experience at college has p ; T/ Y' V8 O% S4 }
roved to me that I am capable ofdoing well. Not only do I have the ability t
5 I$ R, ] X y' p- s; Do succeed, but I also now havethe confidence. I know how important education . U) I2 l! B9 n, K
is in all aspects of one’slife, and I want to share that knowledge with oth
# d C$ [' F% ]6 Rers.