HOW DID I BECOME AN ENGLISH TEACHER?

MY STORY BEGAN WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE. I STUDIED IN IBAGUE AND MY FIRST BRIEF EXPERIENCE WITH ENGLISH WAS PARTICULAR, SINCE MY FIRST ENGLISH TEACHER WAS BLIND.  HE ARRIVED TO THE CLASSROOM AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH. PROBABLY THIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WASN´T THE MOST WONDERFUL, BUT FOR ME WAS MEANINGFUL, AND SINCE THEN I FELL IN LOVE ABOUT ENGLISH.

IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOLAR YEARS   I BECAME IN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENTS IN ENGLISH CLASSES AND MY TEACHERS RECOGNIZED THAT. NEVERTHELESS, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE APPROPIATE COMMAND AND STRATEGIES TO TEACH ENGLISH, FOR EXAMPLE I HAD A TEACHER WHO USED A TRANSLATOR DEVICE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE DID NOT  KNOW THE WORD IN ENGLISH  . BUT WHEN I WAS IN ELEVENTH GRADE I MET THE MOST DEDICATED ENGLISH TEACHER EVER. SHE WAS A SPANISH TEACHER, BUT SHE LOVED  TO TEACH ENGLISH AND IT WAS EVIDENT IN EACH CLASS  SHE TAUGHT TO US. FOR ME WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL. SINCE SHE WAS VERY RESOURFUL AND PROFESSIONAL, THE MATERIAL AND THE STRATEGIES SHE USED WERE KEY FACTORS THAT LEAD ME TO DECIDE TO STUDY ENGLISH. IN THAT SENSE I CAN SAY THAT A TEACHER CAN TRANSFORM THE WAY OF THINKING OF HIS/HER STUDENTS, IT COULD BE IN A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WAY.  FOR ME WAS VERY POSITIVE.

WHEN I GOT TO THE UNIVERSITY I FIGURED OUT THAT SOME OF MY CLASSMATES WERE THERE BECAUSE OF HER TOO.  ON THE OTHER HAND,  IN MY ENGLISH CLASES I SHOWED  MY SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, DEDICATION AND LOVE FOR THIS CAREER, AND WHEN I WAS IN SECOND SEMESTER ONE OF MY ENGLISH TEACHER  TRUSTED IN ME AND  SENT ME TO NORMAL SUPERIOR  HIGH SCHOOL  TO TEACH THEM. OBVIUSLY I DID NOT HAVE ANY TEACHING EXPERIENCE BUT IT HELPED A LOT TO LEARN ASPECTS SUCH AS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND LESSON PLANING. 

  

FROM THIS, MY TEACHER REALIZED MY VOCATION TO TEACH AND HELPED TO  BE HIRED FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL. SINCE THEN I BEGAN TO WORK AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER WITH LITTLE CHILDREN. IT WAS REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.

NOWADAYS I WORK IN SANTA MARIA – HUILA AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO WORK THERE, SINCE THE LABOR IN THIS EDUCATIVE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN  REALLY GRATIFICANT, THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT I DO. ADITIONALLY IN THIS MASTER I HAVE LEARNT SEVERAL ISSUES THAT HAVE HELPED ME IMPROVE  MY TEACHING PRACTICE.