What are my beliefs?

By Taylor Farmer
 Teaching is one of the most important jobs in the
whole world, not only because teachers teach kids
math, reading, writing, and science but they also
Teaching is teach doctors, nurses, construction workers, and
even more teachers!

harder than it Being the students teacher is of course the

is made out to
number one priority, but being their friend is also
pretty high up there. I think that being their friend
but them knowing the boundaries is very
believe! important because if you are their teacher but also
their friend, they will open up to you and you will
get to know them better inside and out!
 It is most definitely hard to teach twenty
kids at once but it is even harder when all of
them need your help, but not only that, when
some of your students need your attention

Special
more than others or some know the lesson
as soon as you are done teaching it but
others do not get it. I think giving those kids

Education that need extra help rather than the ones

who know it already is very important. I
think them knowing it before teaching
another lesson will be better for not only the
student that needed that extra help but the
students who are ready to move forward.
 Gifted and Talented kids are the complete
opposite of special education kids. They
know the lesson before it is already being
taught. They are very intelligent and excelled

Gifted and
in the classroom. I think that it is important
to challenge these kids and get their brains
working rather than teaching a lesson they

Talented know already and pass the test with flying

colors. I think that with gifted and talented
kids, they need more challenges and harder
lessons. Still teaching them TEKS for their
grade but adding more to it or showing them
different ways.
 Along, with gifted and talented and special
education students, having a variety of diverse
students is challenging as well. There are some
kids that will come in not knowing any English and

Diverse
that can be very difficult because they do not know
many things in english either so you are having to
teach them things they should have known when

Students
they were in kindergarden or even younger than
that. Having kids like that is definitely challenging
and hard work. I think you need to work with them
just as much as the students you are teaching, I
think that is something that will help them not feel
overwhelmed.
 I think that there is a lot of hard work
that goes into teaching all these
students that may be in your

You’ve got classroom but I think that if you be

their friend first it will help you figure

a friend in
you and learn more about them, such
as, the way they learn, things they know
and do not know but also the little

me things. Their favorite color or animal

which will help you use that to teach as
well.