Reflection 2

This week in class we have been discussing various psychologists and the moral dimensions of learning.  It left me feeling like a very small part of something much greater.  It reminds me of Sister Samuelson's devotional talk last week.  I am crossing a bridge that I did not build.  The teaching program we have in place has been built and changed over the years and continues to change and improve.  The classes I am taking have been created and improved upon over and over and I feel privileged to be a part of them and to have the opportunity to learn and grow.  Especially since some of the people who have built these bridges did not live to see their completion (many psychologists).

In all of the strictly teaching classes I have taken, not content classes, but teaching classes, or classes that teach teaching methods I always leave so rejuvenated.  I always leave thinking about how much of an influence I can have on my students as a teacher.  This Summer I took Classroom Management, Multicultural Education, and Adolescent Development.  All three of those classes made me so excited to be a teacher.  My professors would tell me the most motivating stories about their students, about them progressing and learning, growing, getting involved in their classes.  I am learning to truly appreciate that there really is "no greater call" than to be a teacher.

I hope that I will always remember how excited I am right now to be a teacher.  And even if I am only a teacher in a school for a few years, I hope I will always remember to be a good teacher to my future kids.  Being a parent is very similar to being a teacher. 

I think everyone in the world could benefit from teacher training.  Being a teacher is about effective communication.  It would benefit everyone to learn how to communicate more effectively.  Being a teacher is about providing support.  Everyone could benefit from learning how to be more supportive.  Being a teacher is about being inclusive.  Everyone can be a little bit more inclusive.  As I try to be a better person and learn how to be a teacher and I need to try to be like the Savior, The Master Teacher.