Early Experience

Currently, I am in Los Angeles and on the SoCal trip for westmont. So far I have seen two schools, which are both my top choices for college. They are Cal Poly and UCSB. I have learned that both of these schools require high gpa's as well as successful SAT scores to be accepted. Both of these schools have great programs designed for teachers, along with the corresponding majors. 

These colleges not only look at your gpa and test scores, but they also look at what your extra-curricular activities are. For my teaching career, my activities are quite perfect: sports and tutoring. Doing sports gives me valuable experience, especially towards becoming a physical education teacher. The more experience I have with sports, the more I learn. As for tutoring, I already get 'hands on learning' without even starting college. ('Hands on learning' is the motto for cal poly also). Tutoring kids gives me great, valuable experience. This experience not only gives me ways to improve my teaching skills but also makes me feel the student-to-teacher relationship. With excellent teaching experience, before even becoming a teacher, gains my chances of going to these schools. 

Career Thought

So far I have posted of becoming a sports analyst, a teacher, and a software engineer. Thinking about it, I could become a teacher that teaches about computers, or a teacher that teaches physical education; two of my favorite hobbies combined into one profession. As I've said before, this has to be in my genes, because I do not know anyone else my age that would like to become a teacher. Am I crazy? Yeah probably...but yolo. After high school I plan to get a college degree and a masters, preferably in math, software engineering, sports management, or even music, and then pursue my teaching career from there.

If I were to become a math teacher, I would prefer to teach a class that the student will benefit most from society, so probably like an Algebra class. I would make sure that the students know exactly what to do, because it will pop up in their lives quite often beyond that point. If I were to become a software engineer teacher, I would teach computer programming or Web Design because, well, that's my strong point, and my family knows a lot of secret tactics some people don't know about. Becoming a physical educational teacher is pretty self-explanatory; I'll teach the kids how to play all the sports and show them ways to have fun.

Cal Poly, Santa Clara, and UCSB are the top schools I would like to attend to achieve my degree/masters. Getting a degree from those schools would likely boost my chances of becoming the teacher I want, even though I still don't know... Not quite sure which grade level I should teach at, but I can figure that out sometime in the near future. I want to teach mainly because I want to have a great relationship with my students, and knowing that the students would like me will really motivate me. A great student to teacher relationship is really what I'm looking forward to.

For my career presentation, which I will probably present tomorrow, I am focusing on teaching. I will be talking about how to become one, what their salaries are, and some rhetoric teachers must use. It's pretty interesting how the process works.