My decision to study and become a teacher is based on various different factors. For as long as I can remember teaching and being a teacher always excited me as what I wanted to be when I grew up. As stereotypical and cheesy as that sounds, when I was younger my favourite thing to was always to play schools and have everyone sitting on the floor while I read stories over and over or recited the alphabet multiple times. Although even as a young girl teaching was what I wanted to do, throughout my years at both primary school and high school there has been many other factors which have led to the overall decision to make this my career path.

Over my years at primary school I had a mixture of teachers who used different styles and ways of teaching, some of which I liked and admired as a pupil and others not so much. But particularly my teacher I had in P7 has had a lasting influence on me and my decision to be a teacher. I admired the way in which she made lessons interesting and exciting every day for the whole class and all abilities, she made the classroom a relaxed and social environment without losing the fact it was also a place where learning was most important and boundaries were still very clear. Most of all as a pupil I felt she always made her pupils feel comfortable to share or discuss any problems or concerns. During my time in her class I very much looked up to her and admired the way she taught and I still do, this has made me want to also make this sort of lasting impact on others the way she did.

As I have got older I have begun to think deeper into teaching and the importance that it holds within our society. I feel as though this job specifically is very rewarding in many ways, whether it is day to day as you see a child’s excitement of learning something new or getting an answer correct, or over long term when in years’ time you see the adults which the children you taught have become. As a teacher you have the opportunity to change or influence someone else’s future and that in itself is draws me to the job. This is now one of the main reasons I know teaching is what I want to do, I want to be able to make a difference and to help shape someone else’s future, and maybe even make a lasting effect on others the way my teacher did to me.