10.What are your motives for teaching? What rewards or incentives do you get from teaching? How might your motives interfere with your ability to put the needs of your students ahead of your own?

Some people choose teaching as a profession because they love the academic environment. Other teachers simply have such a passion for their particular subject matter. During my teaching practicum I have come to realize that I love teaching. I love sharing my knowledge with my students, and that the main motivation I have to teach is my inner passion for my profession.

The biggest incentive I get from teaching is the deep appreciation I receive from my students, and the satisfaction of teaching English that is what I love. I love teaching English because I know this is going to be very useful for my students in the future. I love to feel the excitement of teaching because I see young minds coming alive in class and taking each step in their advancement along their trail to becoming a truly productive, educated individual. Furthermore, the teaching profession is a career field that offers the opportunity for self improvement and educational advancement. We teachers do not know everything. We have to remember that we are lifelong learners. For example in my teaching practicum, some students asked me the meaning of some words. Sometimes, I did not know these meanings and I looked them up in the dictionary. This is a good example of how the teaching profession offers the opportunity for self improvement.

I want to accept the challenge of educating children and teenagers and to help them become productive and important part of the society. As I want to be a great teacher, and the main motivation I have to teach is my inner passion for my profession, I want the best for my students. I want them to learn a lot. To do this, I need to be patient because I know that not all of them learn in the same way. I want to give my best because I want my students to succeed in life.

I want to put my students’ needs ahead of my own. By doing so, as a teacher I want to bring them wisdom and knowledge in spite of all the negative that today’s society may throw at young developing minds.

"No matter what the personal reasons in teaching you elevate the most, you will become successful, respected, and be remembered by your students as one of the greatest teacher they had just by following your passion of teaching."