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The first question everyone asks when we begin our journey to become a teacher is why? Most student teachers would try to pin point one reason: one teacher they had or one day at school or one experience. For me, there are many reasons. I guess the simplest and yet most fundamentally important one is […]

I love to learn. The way I see it, there is no better way of continuing to learn than becoming a teacher myself. To be given an opportunity to work in an environment where every day will be different; where every day I can wake up and not dread having to drag myself to work; […]

One of the main reasons that I want to be a teacher is my Granny, who used to teach but was forced to retire early due to cancer. Thankfully she is still alive and cured. My Granny has told me many stories about teaching and how rewarding it is, so from a young age it … Continue reading “Why a teacher?”

Towards the end of my Primary School Year’s, I moved from Newcastle to Dundee. It wasn’t until this point that I had the chance to reflect on the impact my first school had on me as a person. To my family and I, it wasn’t just a school, it was a community. The teachers had […]

Being a christian I have had the unique opportunity to help with several groups for young children and be a leader at the Christian Youth Camp in Shetland. I have been apart of the children’s group at my church for many years. First having gone along from a young age and then later helping out […]

I have always gravitated to caring projects and I also thrive from helping other people learn and grow. Throughout school I Helped my mum coach badminton to others in my primary school. Although Badminton was not my favourite sport, this was my favourite time of the week as i could help others improve their game. […]

Ever since I can remember I always wanted to become a primary school teacher. To be able to make a difference in a child’s life and see them grow as individuals is a fulfilling experience and an ambition of mine. I began doing voluntary work with children at the age of 15. I began by […]

It didn’t surprise any of my family or friends when I told them I was applying to university to become a primary school teacher. Why? The reason why was because whenever I was asked what I wanted to be when I was older, they were always met with the same response, which was of course […]

Many children grow up without the distinct privileges that I had as a child; a stable home environment, stable friendship groups, good schooling and many more. I have always strived to help and touch people’s lives throughout my own life and I see becoming a Primary School Teacher as the perfect way of being able […]

I immediately wanted to become a teacher when I realised I had a natural bond with children. Coming from a large family and helping out with my child minder Aunt developed this bond. I was also inspired by my one of my primary teachers who was extremely creative in comparison to other teachers. For example, […]

I want to be a teacher as growing up my Auntie was a teacher in my primary school. I spent a lot of time in her classroom after school helping her, I also spent a lot of time outside school with other teachers at birthday parties etc, seeing what my Auntie and her friends did […]

At the age of 11 I was told that I had dyslexia. I had no idea what dyslexia was, i also had no idea what to do about it or what it meant for my future education. However my P7 teacher was able to convince me that it will not ruin my education. However I […]

When I was young, my life used to be all about dance and I wanted to grow up to be a dancer. As I got older, I started to volunteer and help teach classes at my dance school. I started to really enjoy helping others master and overcome difficult challenges and began to think that […]

There are so many different reasons as to why I want to become a teacher, some of which stem all the way back to primary school, another reason is because of my family (my younger brother) and the last reason is to share my positive experiences from my time at school to younger generations and […]