l Reflection of Teacher Jenny and Teacher Lin's Speech:
After listening to
Teacher Jenny’s speech, I started to rethink the reasons why I choose to become
a teacher in a serious way. For me, there are several elements that somehow
entice and also “push” me to choose this career. Since both my parents are
teachers, they instill me with the concept that I may choose the occupation
teacher in the future. I am not certain about their motivation of saying this;
but I am sure that most people would say that choosing to be a teacher equals
to choosing a stable career; most people would even say that teachers have
winter and summer vacation for them to take a long rest. How nice! Indeed,
these things do sound attempting. However, for anyone who wants to become a “good”
teacher should not see this career from these perspectives. Teacher Jenny
pointed this out in her speech as well. On hearing her words, I think that I
ought to see this career from a very serious perspective. I should not think
about what benefits this occupation would bring to me but think about what things
I could give to my future students. I ought to get rid of my childish thoughts
of this career, starting thinking about it in an altruistic way.
In fact, Teacher Jenny's talk gave me some food for thought. She mentioned that we don't have to try to "become" other teachers; it is unnecessary for us to imitate other teachers' teaching style. She believed that every teacher has his/her own teaching style. We, as a prospective teacher, have to know about our own merits and style. Then, we can try to magnify our strengths while we teach. Once in a while, we may see some good teachers who we want to emulate. At that moment, we need not to totally imitate that teachers' teaching style. Teacher Jenny said that we can see what part of the teacher's teaching suits our own teaching style and then we learn that part; namely, we only have to adjust our teaching style for a little bit. "Just be yourself" is the main notion that teacher Jenny wanted to convey to us!
In fact, Teacher Jenny's talk gave me some food for thought. She mentioned that we don't have to try to "become" other teachers; it is unnecessary for us to imitate other teachers' teaching style. She believed that every teacher has his/her own teaching style. We, as a prospective teacher, have to know about our own merits and style. Then, we can try to magnify our strengths while we teach. Once in a while, we may see some good teachers who we want to emulate. At that moment, we need not to totally imitate that teachers' teaching style. Teacher Jenny said that we can see what part of the teacher's teaching suits our own teaching style and then we learn that part; namely, we only have to adjust our teaching style for a little bit. "Just be yourself" is the main notion that teacher Jenny wanted to convey to us!
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