After reading this article, I honestly have to say that I felt a little overwhelmed. To see how frustrated this one teacher gets, it is a little scary. It's not that I don't think that some of these things happen, it's just not the part about teaching that I think the most about. When I think about teaching in the future, I always think about the positive things, and it isn't until I read or hear stories like the one in this particular that I really think about the negative aspects. When I read the parts about how some of her students come from poor home lives, it kind of makes me wonder how I will deal with those situations when I become a teacher. I have been fortunate enough in my life to have come from a good home life and I just hope that I will gain the knowledge to know how to help the kids in my classes that are not as fortunate. I definitely agree when Ms. Jackson says, "there are no magic words that will motivate every student." Every teacher tried their best to have their students succeed and no teacher wants their students to fail. However, there are just some times that no matter how hard you try, the student just simply does not have the motivation to succeed. I don't think that makes you a bad teacher, I just think that when that happens, you just have to stop and remember/think about all your students that are successful. Reading this article has made me a little more scared about my first few beginning years as a teacher, and I just hope that I will have a mentor to help me through the ups and downs, ins and outs of the job. However, no matter how bad things can get, I do not think that I will ever quit the profession and find a new career. There are just some rewards that you get from teaching that you cannot necessarily get in any other career, and those rewards are what make teaching worth it, no matter how bad it may seem to get.
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