Teaching is my "no duh" career.
I have always loved to help people. Perhaps this is a common trait among future teachers, but even as a youngster, the biggest way for me to feel valued was by passing out napkins or cups in Sunday school or setting the table.
I had never really considered teaching as a future career, until one lackluster day during my junior year in high school. In helping a peer with a homework assignment (a task not uncommon for me), it occurred to me that I was able to transfer successfully knowledge that I had and then watch her apply it in her own studies.
"No duh, Heather. You do this all the time, and you love it." This magical transference had a lasting effect on me: it determined my future career.
My attitude toward technology is not as open as it probably should be. I tend to see technology as somewhat of a distraction in the classroom, but I also understand that it is necessary to make the classroom efficient and relevant. Perhaps technology scares me somewhat because I feel that our society is losing important skills due to virtually universal access to technology. I am excited to learn how to utilize technology when it will be useful and to know when it will merely be a distraction.
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