tales of a student teacher.
I'm a senior at the University of Hartford studying elementary education, currently doing my student teaching in a fifth grade classroom in Hartford. I'm starting to think about having my own classroom, and want to get as much inspiration from as many sources as possible.
'A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person...can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives.' -Barack Obama
'A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person...can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives.' -Barack Obama
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but it will never, ever stop blowing my mind how little credit teachers get. My friends are constantly saying, “Oh, you get to play with kids all day? ROUGH LIFE.”
I leave my apartment at 6:45 at the latest every morning and don’t get back until 4 at the earliest. As a student teacher, I don’t get paid for ANYTHING- no reimbursement for gas, no reimbursement for supplies, nothing. I pay to go to school. I work for ten hours, then I come home and plan for another two hours, minimum.
I wouldn’t trade anything at all, because I absolutely love what I do and I love my kids. Today’s just a “I want more credit for this” day. Can I get an amen?
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