You want to feel like you are making a difference?
You want to get paid enough money for what you do?
You want to teach so that you only have to work M-F 8-3 and have the summers free?
You want to "try this out" because you're not sure what you want to do after college?
If yes is your answer to any of the above questions, please DO NOT APPLY to MTC.
You want your life to be full of surprises?
You want to feel helpless in the struggle to give kids the education they deserve?
You want to wake up every day and not know why you continue to do what you do?
You want to be simultaneously depressed and ecstatic on the day you find out a "special" student is moving?
If yes is your answer to any of the above questions, please APPLY to MTC.
This experience is frustrating. I do not know what I am teaching. I do not feel qualified to teach. I do not have the greatest classroom management...
This experience is rewarding. I know that whatever I can teach my students will be better than the alternative: no one to teach them Spanish. I have learned so much about the lives of my kids. I see how hard my principal works to change our school and I feel inspired... :)
DG has become one of my favorite students. The first memory I have of DG is one day when he was sick at the beginning of the year. His seat was in the first row by the wall. He raised his hand to ask a question about an assignment. I slowly walked over to him as he sniffled and blew his nose. There was a bubble of germs floating around him. I thought, oh man - this kid is going to get me sick...I have to touch his journal and grade his snotty paper! ahh! As soon as he was enlightened, I ran back to my desk and loaded on the hand sanitizer. I brought it back and gave some to the 3 students sitting around DG. I had hoped he would stay home the next day - I couldn't afford to get sick!
There has never been another day when I wished DG would've stayed home. Just seeing him everyday puts a smile on my face. He is an excellent student and always does his work. I'm going to have to check in with him to make sure he has big plans after graduation this year.
Today he was the Hulk. Even though he was painted green and had on a ripped t-shirt, DG is not very "hulkish" in appearance. He's got a Hulk of a heart though. Yesterday he was writing cute little sticky notes and posting them on students. He wrote me a "great teacher" one with the condition "this gets me a 100%." You'll have to work a little harder next quarter for a 100% DG... :)
