Why become an art teacher?
Free time is the enemy of progress.” Casey Neistat |
Why I Want To Teach When I was in 11th grade Is when I started thinking about my future, what I wanted to do, where I wanted to attend college. Ive always enveloped myself in the arts growing up in school, it was always my favorite time to truly express myself. Yet in high school something change, I started looking at art more then just creating good looking art. I started thinking about what I would do if I was the teacher, thinking up projects for student, how my art room would function, and having connections with my own students like my connection with my art teacher. My art teacher was the adult I could go to at school, either about events at school, or things at home. She was my inspiration for what I wanted to do after high school graduation. I never imagined myself going to college, up until high school I didn’t even know what college was, my parents didn’t go to college so it was a foreign concept to me. But being able to connect with my art teacher, I was able to talk with someone about college and ask questions like “How do you become an art teacher?”. And thats ultimately what drove me to become an art teacher, I want to be that teacher a student can look up to, be inspired by and talk to about events outside of school. And be that person that drives students to create meaningful artwork they feel good about and reaches their viewer. And to show that student that was like me, you can do whatever you set your mind to, and don’t be afraid to be a first generation college student!
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