Elementary School teacher - why i want to become a teacher of little kids.

Why I Want To Become An Elementary School Teacher Since the tender age of 6, I've always known that I wanted to be a teacher. I can recall playing school either with my friends, or talking to my imaginary students all by myself. My name was always Mrs. Pollack, the same as my first grade teacher. I would write lessons on the blackboard, grade imaginary tests, take my class on nature walks around the schoolyard (my …

…Almost every day, while the teacher was giving a lesson, she would ask me to mark the students' homework, which I absolutely loved to do. Seeing the progress in these children's reading ability by the end of the summer was extremely gratifying, for both the teacher and myself. The activities I did this past summer reminded me exactly why I wanted to be a teacher, and that there is no other suitable profession for me.