Why Become an Elementary School Teacher?

Video Transcript

"All right, first we're going to add the ones column. We're going to add nine plus one, and we get ten, and we write down the--I decided to become a teacher because I was seeking a profession that I could really give everything to, like I did with my writing, and I stumbled across that billboard that said making a difference. And that's really how it initially crossed my mind. I have a bachelor's in history and political science. And then became a journalist. I'm trying to think--after that I worked at the credit card company for a year, and then I worked there while I was working the alternative certification program prior to becoming a teacher. I have a lot of focus on writing and reading in the classroom, and actually every principal that I've had has--the first two principals that I had moved me into a position where I was teaching writing, because that was the first year that students were assessed for writing in Texas. And then when I moved up here to Tennessee, writing's been a big portion of how I do instruction. It's a little separate from how my other team members do it, but it's been equally effective. When I was younger, I wanted to be a defense attorney. I was on debate team for quite awhile in college, and I don't think--I think I had burned up that ambition by the time I left college. I don't think I wanted to be a defense attorney any longer after that."