ASSIGNMENT2_GERALDINE+PERALTA

ASSIGNMENT2_GERALDINE PERALTA All people would love to be remembered in the same way a hero is… An efficient and well-remembered teacher, that’s what all CTE students want to be… But, in order for that to happen, what should we do? As we are in our preparation for our teaching career, we are acquiring knowledge and we become more and more closer to being a professional and licensed teacher. With our four great years of labor and hard work, how sweet would it be to hear someone say, “Ma’am!” But it would be more satisfying if your former student would come and say to you, “Ma’am, I’m like this, I was your student, I’m already like that…Thank you so much, you were such an inspiration!” The question is, how, how can we make ourselves worth-remembering? I could easily say, “I’ll do the best that I can…” How? How can I be the best? Best in a way that I know what I really want, so I would give my all in this career… Best in a way that I’m well prepared for every encounter with my inquisitive students… Best in a way that I really and fully know my students… that I know how to deal with them… Best in a way that I know how to belong in their world…that I could understand them… Best in a way that I do not only teach my students to be book-smart but to be street-smart… Best in a way that I could bring out the best in each student, so they will learn how to be independent and attain the peak of success through themselves that they know that I was once part of their life…