Teaching is always thought of as an "easy" job. False! There is nothing easy in teaching and that is something that I have learned. The amount of tasks a teacher has to do ranges from doing tasks for their students to doing tasks for the state. But even if the financial pay is not much the moment when students make connections and understand and are able to portray that understanding are the most rewarding moments that are worth all the hard work.
Light bulb moments are those moments when you have taught and you see the "OHHH I GET IT" facial expression. Those light bulb moments are the one of the best feelings that I can ever feel. No matter how tired I may be that morning by the end of the day if I at least had one student have a light bulb moment it makes my day.
I remember that one day as a Student Teacher I was to teach students how to work a word problem and we always try to use various strategies like a number line, place value blocks, part-part whole, and partial sums/differences. Now we did a word problem together then I gave them a new word problem. Most of the students did not meet the expectation and I continued to reteach and explain each strategy now everyone got it, except those who usually struggle with math calculations. So, then I went on to explain maybe they should start their problem solving using another method to solve. I suggested the PV Blocks and then...
Here it came. LIGHT BULB MOMENT! The students who usually struggled GOT IT!
There come points where you may be frustrated and tired and overwhelmed, but remember there will always be at least one light bulb moment in a day and those moments make you forget all the frustrations that you once had and remind you your role as a teacher.
Light bulb moments are those moments when you have taught and you see the "OHHH I GET IT" facial expression. Those light bulb moments are the one of the best feelings that I can ever feel. No matter how tired I may be that morning by the end of the day if I at least had one student have a light bulb moment it makes my day.
I remember that one day as a Student Teacher I was to teach students how to work a word problem and we always try to use various strategies like a number line, place value blocks, part-part whole, and partial sums/differences. Now we did a word problem together then I gave them a new word problem. Most of the students did not meet the expectation and I continued to reteach and explain each strategy now everyone got it, except those who usually struggle with math calculations. So, then I went on to explain maybe they should start their problem solving using another method to solve. I suggested the PV Blocks and then...
Here it came. LIGHT BULB MOMENT! The students who usually struggled GOT IT!
There come points where you may be frustrated and tired and overwhelmed, but remember there will always be at least one light bulb moment in a day and those moments make you forget all the frustrations that you once had and remind you your role as a teacher.
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