In my opinion, everyone should grow up and try their best to have a job where they can to give something back to society. This can take many forms, from top-level careers such as doctors, nurses and lawyers, to what society perceives as low-level jobs such as labourers. In reality, we as individuals would be lost without the people that practice these jobs as we are unable to complete these roles for ourselves. In my eyes, this makes labourers just as crucial to our development as a society as a doctor. This opinion led me to consider many different career paths during my time at school, from things that were most certainly above my reach, to things that I would never have the patience nor natural skill to accomplish. It took longer than it probably should, but eventually, I stumbled on to the idea of teaching, believing that this was something that I was capable of as I had shown skill in the past.

While the act of teaching children will be developed during my time at University, I believe my natural disposition is something that will help me to take part in the creation of wonderful minds for our future. I have always found that I am a naturally accepting person and I’ve found discomfort in our modern world and our tendency to exclude people for no reasonable reason. One of my areas for concentration in the classroom would be embedding into the children a sense of camaraderie among all their classmates, which would hopefully continue to develop as they grew up which would allow them to be excellent members of their respective communities and also good communicators between different communities. My own ideals with regards to treating everyone in the way they should has also impacted my decision to focus on helping those with special needs and has also led me in the direction of working in areas in which the children do not have the same advantages as others.

Moreover, I would expand this into helping children become good and honest adults overall, not just in regards to how they treat others. One of the major issues we have in society is general dishonesty as this is the root of many troubling behaviours that can crop up in adult life. Being honest with yourself about your own limitations and short-comings is a skill that we should all strive to attain as it allows us to address these issues in our character with the help of others. Everyone will make poor decisions in life, but what is important is that we look at our mistakes and try our best to avoid making them again and that we get help if needed. I would try my utmost to try and help children develop integrity to ensure that they are kind to themselves and don’t have to suffer due to their mistakes. We should all try our best to be accepting of those that have made mistakes as it is the morally correct thing to do. It is for these reasons that I believe a career as a primary teacher would be the best way for be to make my own positive contributions to society.