Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My Goal as a Teacher


Since I want to teach to Special Education children, I need to have a couple of goals to help me teach them.
My Goal with Special Education:
My goal in special education is to ensure that students with disabilities are getting the education they deserve. I do not want these students to go through what I went through with my hearing disabilities. I want to teach them not only what is in the curriculum, but some life lessons that I learned. When I talk about life lessons, I meant by not letting your disabilities take control of your life. This was probably the hardest thing I ever had to learn throughout my education life. There was a time where I wanted to just give up because I felt that my hearing disability was in the way. I had to work twice as hard as a regular student just to get by in school. So the first goal is to teach the children how to overcome any obstacles they may face when it comes to education.
1. Never be afraid to ask for help!!
2. Don't let your disability take control of you.
3. Ignore people trying to being you down.
4. Fight for your rights!
5. Don't be afraid period!
Another goal I have in mind is to build the children's confidence in themselves. I think the best way to do that in education is to provide them oral presentation projects. I believe these projects will help them stand in front of an audience (classmates, teachers, or parents) and help find themselves. I also think it will help them determine who they are as a person.
Another goal is to help the children believe that they can survive education. The best way to show that is to believe in the children themselves. If the children see that someone believes in them, then they may start to believe in themselves. This one is probably the biggest problem, especially with high school students. I have known a couple of deaf people who have lost faith in themselves that they dropped out of school because they felt that they cannot do it. They did not have anybody to believe in them, so they did not believe in themselves. If I had known this before it happened, I would have found a way to help them believe in themselves again.
So these are just a couple of goals I have in mind. I am sure there are many more goals out there that I can follow and I will find those goals and add them to my list.

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