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    Aldo Huezo wishes to become a teacher to positively impact students and help them understand the world. His time supervising children in a after-school program called Safekey introduced him to working with students and the rewards of seeing them learn and develop respect for others. He believes in a constructivist teaching philosophy that allows students to think for themselves and learn through hands-on activities rather than just worksheets. However, he recognizes he needs to improve his cultural sensitivity, sternness with students, time management skills, and subject knowledge in order to be an effective teacher.

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    Aldo Huezo wishes to become a teacher to positively impact students and help them understand the world. His time supervising children in a after-school program called Safekey introduced him to working with students and the rewards of seeing them learn and develop respect for others. He believes in a constructivist teaching philosophy that allows students to think for themselves and learn through hands-on activities rather than just worksheets. However, he recognizes he needs to improve his cultural sensitivity, sternness with students, time management skills, and subject knowledge in order to be an effective teacher.

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    Aldo Huezo wishes to become a teacher to positively impact students and help them understand the world. His time supervising children in a after-school program called Safekey introduced him to working with students and the rewards of seeing them learn and develop respect for others. He believes in a constructivist teaching philosophy that allows students to think for themselves and learn through hands-on activities rather than just worksheets. However, he recognizes he needs to improve his cultural sensitivity, sternness with students, time management skills, and subject knowledge in order to be an effective teacher.

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    Aldo Huezo

    EDU 201
    11/29/2020
    Ms. Grant

    My Philosophy of Education

    As a young college student, I wish to become a teacher in the future. I feel like I want to

    teach in a classroom due to multiple reasons, including the moral contract that comes

    with the profession and working with kids. As an average guy who moved from a

    different country and has not really achieved anything, I see my teaching career as a

    good opportunity to positively impact the world through what I teach the next generation

    of learners. The other thing that influenced me to choose teaching as my career is my

    time in Safekey. In safekey I was paired with 4 other people my age to watch around 70

    kids for 3 hrs. Through my supervising of kids in safekey I was put in a variety of

    different situations like talking to a kid victim of bullying, to a kid dealing with the stress

    of a parental divorce. I feel like my time in safekey has introduced me first hand to

    approaching a younger audience and what some of my faults may be. In safekey I also

    learned about the virtues of working with kids and all the amazing things one can

    experience, like seeing kids learning to respect each other, their eyes lighting up when

    they learn something new, and getting to experience their interactions while they're still

    at an innocent state of mind. As a teacher I want to help kids understand how the world

    around them works and how to interact with it. As a teacher, the idea of social

    constructivism sounds like the teaching philosophy I like the most. Not only does

    constructivism sound like a fun way for me to teach and my kids to learn, but it also

    achieves something that I wanted all my life as a young student: for young students to
    think for themselves. As a kid, all of my classes had research homework, tests,

    worksheets and lectures; where did all the fun go? I feel like one of the best ways for

    kids to both learn and appreciate class material in an entertaining way, like instead of

    just talking about metamorphosis, why not also observe the metamorphosis of a live

    butterfly? Showing kids material in an interesting way seems like a far more effective

    way than just throwing paperwork at them. I also believe the way I address my kids will

    be important. I've seen way too many times teachers being sarcastic and mean to kids

    who struggle to understand the class material. As a teacher, I want to behave in a nice,

    sensitive, fair and comprehensive way so my students feel safe and learn important

    moral values. I also feel like my completion of my history course and the readings

    required for my current education course have taught me the negative effects of

    discrimination based on gender or race can have on people in general; that kind of

    toxicity is something I want to avoid for sure. However, as much as I want to go out and

    teach, there are gaps in my teaching skills. A problem I need to improve in my teaching

    is learning and adapting definitively to cultural differences. In my country, teachers were

    able to call their kids dumb or trrat them as so. I know it's not right or appropriate, but

    sometimes I can't help but naturally being kind of stern with people in my surroundings.

    To help with my coldness, I'm treating others around me with more respect and also

    attempting to build healthy relationships. My other problem is time management.

    Because of my overwhelming tendency to procrastinate, I have an overwhelming fear of

    getting crushed by all of the unpaid grading and prep that teachers are responsible for.

    The worst part about time management is that I don't know how to fix it, but I will try to

    work towards managing my time properly. As far as other more technical skills go, I
    intend to go back to safekey once the pandemic allows it and I will also study to perfect

    my math and reading skills in order to pass the Praxis exam.

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