My ultimate goal is to change the lives of people. Studying to be a teacher is hard.

All of the
classes that are required, all of the practicums, and all of the time spent just to become a teacher is
stressful, but the thought of being able to help just one person changes everything. It takes one person
to be a light in someone’s life. It takes one person to be a helping hand. It takes one person to change
an unmotivated, broken life, and make it brand new. Teachers are those people. We motivate students
to do their best, we guide students to success when no one else will, and we are always available to
listen. One teacher can change the lives of thousands of students. That is my motivation. I know that
after college, I will be a teacher, a guider, a counselor, and a friend to so many students. No matter
how many bad days I have or how many times I want to quit, I just think of what is to come in the
future. I can be that change this world needs, even if it’s in a small high school classroom. It just
takes one person.

I aspire to make a difference in others’ lives through education. I’m studying to be an

high school teacher because I believe that children can achieve so much more if they learn early
of their potential. Education has always been my priority. My parents always stressed the
importance of obtaining an education, having missed that opportunity themselves. My parents
taught me as a child that schooling was vital to success in life. Truly, that lesson has been the
most important in my path to college. I don’t think I would’ve made it this far had I not taken my
education seriously.

The world we live in is hard, unsteady and ruthless. We see this every day in the
harshness of homelessness, to social media screaming for justice. What motivates me to continue
on is that I have felt the bitter cold bite of homelessness. I know what it’s like to not have enough
to eat and to be scared of what will happen next.

I want to teach others about the importance of education so they too can prosper.
Everything I’m learning at university is important for my future career and, if I don’t study it,
I’m failing my future students. Every child deserves the best education available and I should
strive to be the best educator possible to provide that for them. When balancing academics, work,
and my social life, it can get challenging to keep going. But, with the future of children’s
education in my hands, I always get back on track.