Andrea Parchue

Course: EDU 214

8/31/2022

Why Do I Want To Be A Teacher

Ever since I was in high school I really wanted to become a teacher.

I've always been a people person, I always loved to be the leader in the group.

Everytime we would do group assignments I would always be the first to start and I

would ask everybody for their opinion and I would gather all the information and put it

together. I also always baby sat for others since I was a teenager and I loved teaching

them different things and guiding them. My mother passed away in 2005 and i've

always had a soft heart for other kids who had similar heartbreaking experiences

so in a sense i've always had the motherly instinct in me. I had my first baby girl in 2016

which changed my life for the better. She has Autism so it's a new difficult yet rewarding

and a different experience for me. I've always loved being around kids. My first job as a

the teenager was in a daycare and it was fun and I learned a lot. I have a big heart for
children and I am passionate about everything I set my mind to. I'm highly determined

and I treat every child as if they were my own. I am now a proud mother of two baby

girls now and it has been a long challenging road, especially having two different minds

who are completely opposite and different from each other. But it really helps with my

experience of dealing with different kids because every child is unique.

Yes & no, I've had the pleasure of having some really good or amazing teachers within

my middle and high school years.One of my high school teachers was teaching early

childhood. She had us do the project where you take a fake/play baby home and such for

a learning experience.

I feel like i've prepared for this my whole life or since having

my first born as she was the reason for me going into Early Childhood Education.

My oldest is Non verbal Autist & when i say this journey was something incredibly & different.

I've always known what Autism meant or was, but never fully studied it. After having my first

born & finding out she was on the spectrum, I'll be honest I cried for days. I truly felt it was

something I gave to her. I questioned myself about the future she might have in the sense of

struggling in or with certain things/areas. It took me a minute to really realize and fully
 understand what Autism really was, when I say I study Autism & kids on the spectrum.

I went above and beyond the means so I've been blessed to be a stay at home mom to

her for the past 4 or 5 years. It took lots of hard work, time, patience and dedication.

She has been incredible and thriving so very beautifully between me working with her at

home and finding the right school and or teachers to work with her. I'm very impressed

or happy with all the amazing progress she has made over the years. Due to me seeing

her growth in many different ways, I've finally felt comfortable to start working again.

My VARK Score:

Visual 8 - Aural 14 - Read/Write 10 - Kinesthetic 11

My learning preference: Multimodal (VARK)

People with my preference like: different formats, graphs, diagrams, maps, interesting
layouts, space, listening, discussing, talking, questioning, notes, handouts, print, text,

practical exercises, experiences, examples, case studies, trial and error, things that are

real..