Since I was about 12 years old my dream of becoming a teacher has been very current. When I was a little wee girl I wanted to be a police or an air hostess. I have always dreamt of being a pilot or a captain on a big ship, but that is only my fantasy and my far away dream sometimes. Reality looks a bit different. As I said, my dream job is as a teacher, it has always been so clear and obvious for me. And I can’t really explain why, it is just the way my life has chosen I use to think. But here are some reasons why I have chosen this line. Why teacher?
First of all I have always wanted to work with people and especially children. Children are so unpredictable and they always say what they like to say and what they are thinking of right now and I like that. Children, in the ages I have chosen to work with, are so happy, enthusiastic and they still think it’s funny to learn new things. It is fantastic to see when the children make progress and when they learn something new. I would like to be a part of this. I can only imagine how fun it must be to be a part of when they learn to read and they found out that I can actually read everything now.
Second reason, working with children will make every day unique. I like this kind of work where every day is different and I need to be very flexible. Because you never know what will happen when working with children and that is very exciting I think. Things can happen on the break and I will suddenly turn in to a conflict solver. Or one of the pupils got hurt so I need to be a nurse. And of course there will be a lot of moments where we have lessons about a certain topic and pupils can ask questions about completely different things. As a teacher I need to be prepared that everything can happen.
Third reason, I would like to teach the children everything I now and think is important in the world. And I will try to form them so they become the best democratic citizens as possible. Or at least I will give them the best tools and opportunities so they have the chances to become the best citizens in our country but also in the world. I would like them to know that they can do anything they won’t and I am going to support them.
On the contrary; children are our future. As a teacher I have a very hard and sometimes difficult work in front of me. But I like the challenges, it won’t always be easy but I will do my best to make it work. I know I can’t affect all people in the world. But I can try to affect the pupils to become good and secure citizens and that would make me very pleased. In my work as a teacher I will laugh and smile a lot and I think it is the best job ever.
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Dear Rebecca,
SvaraRaderaThank you for sharing your thoughts on the topic of becoming a teacher! I enjoyed reading your text and wish you lots of happy moments in your future career!
You deal very well with your chosen topic and the text is well structured and contains all the necessary elements. However, I think it would have been better if you had written more generally about the advantages of being a teacher (remember “I like apple pie”!). Also, you might want to give some more thought to how you formulate the question in a causal analysis. As it is now, it is too short. Also, the linking devices in paragraphs 3 and 4 are a bit fragmentary. I suggest you say e.g. “Secondly, working with children…”. In the conlusion it is a good idea to sum up one’s main points in a few words. Oterwise, well done!
As to language, think about word choice! The way you use “current” in the introductory paragraph and “on the contrary” in the concluding paragraph is awkward and I suppose you mean something else. Think about when to use the definite article and when not, as in “when the children make progress” where you seem to talk about children in the generic sense. In “when they learn to read and they FOUND out that I can actually read everything now” you have an unmotivated tense shift and you also have a piece of direct speech without quotation marks. You have another unmotivated tense shift in “Things can happen on the break and I will suddenly turn in to a conflict solver. Or one of the pupils GOT hurt so I need to be a nurse.” Note the difference between “now” and “know” and “won’t” and “want”. Also, “work” is uncountable and therefore cannot take the indefinite article (“I have a very hard and sometimes difficult work in front of me”).
Good luck for the exam!
Best,
Marika