The most important thing I've learned during my fieldwork observation is that in order to be an effective teacher you need to be passionate about your job. With all the stresses and challenges thrown at you as a teacher, if you are not passionate about helping your students grow and learn, you will be doing them a large disservice.
Sometimes things meant to help students (No Child Left Behind) end up causing educators to have to jump through hoops. This can cause teachers to have to spend a lot of their own personal time working. While unfortunate, it's imperative to the success of our youth, and therefore important to have the passion to drive you.
I feel I do have a passion for teaching, guiding, and helping our children, our future. I'm grateful to be able to pursue a teaching degree at this time and am extremely grateful for what my fieldwork experience has taught me. I am also grateful to have a friend in Amy Reid, the teacher whose class I work in.
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