3 things that made me joyful while reading:
• The time when you teach. You are able to have a family when you teach, and you don’t really have to pay for daycare because your kids are in school when you’re in school, and you’re able to have the same vacations as your kids, so you’re always involved in their life.
• Seeing the kids “Get It.” This is one of the reasons why I want to be an educator. I’ve always loved seeing the kid’s faces when they get something that I have just spent so much time on teaching them. This makes me feel like I’m actually doing something good for society and their lives.
• Making a difference. I like knowing that I will be making a difference in a child’s life. Just simply by teaching them, or lending them an ear when they want to talk. I’ve had teachers like that, that have totally made me into a better person, and helped shape who I am as a person.
3 Things that didn’t make me joyful while reading:
• The accreditation process. I don’t like the fact that after we have gone to school for four and sometimes even five or six years of schooling, we have to do extra stuff to prove that we know what we’re doing. Obviously after that many years of schooling we know what to do.
• The low salaries. I believe that teachers are way underpaid. We do a lot of work and make such a difference in children’s lives and we get paid jack squat for it. They should reconsider the salary of teachers and maybe start paying them what they really earn
• The Praxis test. Personally I’m bad at taking standardized test. And the first praxis that we have to take is like an SAT. So I just don’t like them generally. I think that the SAT itself shows enough of what we know. And that the praxis one is irrelevant. The subject tests I can see being alright; Praxis 2.
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You're going to be such a great teacher! Your enthusiasm shows in your writing and it's obvious that you read the chapter carefully. 3 points out of possible 4. I'm deducting 1 point for grammar, mechanics of writing, etc. I can tell you put a lot of effort into your writing but there are awkward phrases, poor word choices, and incomplete sentences.
"I have just spent so much time on teaching them" is an awkward phrase. "Just simply by teaching them, or lending them an ear when they want to talk" is not a complete sentence. "They should reconsider the salary of teachers and maybe start paying them what they really earn" needs a period at the end (not a typical mistake for you . . . you are very careful with spelling and punctuation). In that same sentence, I think you mean "deserve" and not "earn." "And that the praxis one is irrelevant." is not a complete sentence. "The subject tests I can see being alright; Praxis 2" -- all right is the correct spelling of that. This last sentence has a misuse of the semi-colon.
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