Teaching Aspirations

I'm currently at my university's library. A T.A. sat down across from me and suddenly I want to be a T.A.

I've always wanted to be a teacher, ever since I was 4. Being a T.A. means fulfilling my goal of teaching. It also means getting paid a handsome amount of money on the side for something I really want to do. My cousin is a T.A. and he earns $30 an hour. Which isn't amazing compared to high level corporate jobs, but for a job that requires little to no training beforehand, this is pretty good.

The T.A. sitting across from me is pretty cool. her laptop is plastered with cool little quotes like "The most important thing is doing what you really want to do and developing yourself individually". She is the T.A. for an English class I'm presuming because she is marking essays with the topic of "lyrics in music" or something like that.

This is exactly what I'd like to do. T.A. for a class that relates to music in English. I recall that my Tutorials in Poetry class were really boring, but I'm hoping I get to T.A. a class that is less boring. I want to be a really good T.A. I want students to be excited to come to my class.

I already teach Sunday school for my church every month, but there is so little teaching each month! I do try my best to be a good Sunday School teacher. I bring my kids (who are ages 10-12) food each week, I make sure they learn something, but I don't force religion on them. I have generally good kids, just a bit rowdy sometimes (most of them are boys). They are quite obedient now that I think about it, they listen quite well. One thing I should do better is get to know them better. Next time, I'm going to bring in personality tests so I can get a sense of their learning styles and maybe help them get to know their own learning styles and personalities. Self-knowledge is quite important for kids to know don't you think? I want to somehow incorporate self-esteem building in our classes too. I want my kids to be confident in themselves yet I want them to be caring to others as well.

I have big goals for my lessons.

Now that I have concrete motivation to write really good essays in English class, I think I'm going try even harder to do well in school. Lately my focus has been on music and extracurricular activities. I mean, I do well in school but I'm not trying my best. (This is me being honest) All my energy is going to music. This could be the push that I need.