During my Immersion when I was senior highschool, I was immerses in environment where teaching and

learning process takes place. I had various experiences that made my heart and passion grow towards
teaching and children.

I saw how students glanced at me whenever I am speaking in front and whenever I got to interact with
them. There is nothing more rewarding than knowing and seeing the evidence that you’ve made an
impact on someone’s life or multiple lives. From then I learned that as teachers, we should not seek for
rewards and praise. Sometimes, we cannot physically see the appreciation and impact you’ve made but
just know that it’s there. This reward on its own should drive you to want to be the best teacher you can
be for yourself, your school community, and your dear students.

I don’t get it.”

“I am going to fail this test.”

“This is so hard.”

“I don’t want to do this.”

After hearing these phrases I knew inside of me that these students need a teacher to figure out how
they can support them and encourage them. These students need teachers to show them their potential
and find out what works for them to learn best. Everyone learns differently and it is up to teachers to
find out how these students learn effectively. The feeling you get when these students turn those
statements around and into, “I did it! I am so proud of myself,” is absolutely priceless. Don’t let your
students give up and never ever give up on them either. We live for those moments. So I tried my best
to show this to the students that I interacted with. After that it gave me an overflowing feeling, that '
there is someone around who needs you'. So from then I strived to be a good influence to others and for
me to be the best teacher I could.

As a teacher, it is so rewarding to go to work and be surrounded by love all around me! Sometimes,
during a busy time or stressful day, a simple “Hi Ma'am, Thanks Maam” or a drawing from a student on
their free time, can instantly put a smile on my face. It is such an honor to be able to teach students and
love them while they are in my care.

Since I love celebrations, parties another best feeling that a teacher could have is you get to celebrate
big and small accomplishments throughout the day and school year with your students. You get to
watch your students (current and previous) grow and be proud that you were part of the process to get
them to where they are today. You also get to celebrate all of their birthdays with them, which equates
to a lot of CAKE and parties!

In most professions, people don’t get to “create” their own environment. They go to work in the
environment that has been created for them and that they contribute to. However, teachers get to
create their own environment (with limitations). We can only hope that teachers create a positive
environment that will enrich the learning that goes on in the classroom. Teachers have the freedom to
make the best out of it! If you spend the most of your weekdays in your classroom, why not make the
environment as positive, comfortable, and happy as possible