Personal Values

MY TOP 10 VALUES
1- Family
2- Love
3- Happiness
4- Stability
5- Self-Respect
6- Service
7- Friendship
8- Achievement
9- Intelligence
10- Excitement

Family: My top value is and will always be family. Family is so important for me, and that is part of the reason I have decided to go into education. I will be able to be there for my children when they need me, and I will also be able to have a career.

Love: Love goes hand in hand with family, so of course it is going to be my next value. And looking at it at a career standpoint, the best teachers are those that love their students, and want to see them excel in school. One of my favorite teachers was my Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Argyle. She was one who loved all of her students, and even today, 28 years later, she still remembers me. She is a friend of facebook, and when I see her around town, she always makes sure to say hi and ask about my family. THAT’S the type of teacher that people want.

Happiness: My next value goes along with the first two. Happiness is important in everyone’s lives. If a person doesn’t have happiness, they have nothing. Everyone has had a teacher that is grumpy all the time, and that makes school miserable. Happiness in a teacher is important, not only for the teacher’s well-being, but also for the students. They will shut down if a teacher is unhappy or mean.

Stability: In my personal life, and in my career life, stability is important. Everyone needs stability to stay happy. If one’s life is thrown into upheaval, it will affect every aspect of that person’s life.

Self-Respect: I grew up with the saying, “if you have no self-respect, you have nothing.” This is very true. Without self-respect, a person won’t have the nerve to stand up for what they believe in, they won’t stand up for themselves, and they will never stand up for others. Self-Respect in a career is very important. If a person has no self-respect at work, they won’t be able to get their own ideas across, and they won’t be able to be their own best advocate.

Service: I am a very service minded person. I believe that if there is someone that can’t care for themselves, or needs help with something, and I am able to help, it is my responsibility to be there when they need me. And I will do my best to help them. The same goes for my career. Children need help learning the things they will need to grow up to be responsible adults, and teachers are the ones there to do it. Although teachers do get paid, they spend a lot of their own money and time doing just that, and in my mind, that is service to their students.

Friendship: Everyone needs a friend. It is a vital part of not only growing up, but also of adult relationships. I hope that I can not only be a teacher, but also a friend to my students.

Achievement: It’s a great feeling when someone achieves something they have set out to do. Everyone loves that feeling of achievement, and I hope that when I am a teacher, I will be able to help my students feel that feeling of achievement while they are in my class. Not only will it give a child more self-esteem, it will help them feel like they can do anything they set out to do.

Excitement: I feel that being excited about life in general is something that can be good in people’s lives. But excitement over learning is something that I feel is so important. I hope that I can instill that excitement in my students at an early age, so once they get into Jr. high and high school, when students tend to start disliking school, they will still have that excitement and enjoyment, and they will look forward to learning all throughout their scholarly career.

Intelligence: Of course, when someone looks at what my career choice is, they can see how much I value intelligence. But I don’t think that intelligence is only the stuff we learn out of books, but it also includes the things that we learn about other people, and how to be a contributor to society.
I think that if I were just starting out in my college career, right out of high school, there would be a good chance that my values would change, but considering I have lived 33 years of my life already, I feel that I have a solid value base, and it won’t be changing.

Mission Statement

To bring out the best in all students I teach, to bring out my love for learning and help children feel that same love throughout their scholastic career