Hey, I'm Rachel! I'm glad you decided to stop by and check out my new and exciting blog, at least I hope it's exciting. I am currently in my second year at Shippensburg University where I am majoring in English with a Secondary Education focus. In my free time, I like to read, bake, hang out with my 3 cats, and binge watch some amazing shows on Netflix. I hope to be a great teacher one day, and while I love the little kiddos I teach during Sunday School at church, my dream is to be a high school educator. I have a passion for English and literature, and I hope to instill that same love for reading and writing in the kids that walk into my classroom in the future.
While I hope to be a great teacher in the future, I have fears and worries of my own. I love the subject and most, if not all, that comes with it, but grammar and all of its rules can be daunting, intimidating, and scary to think about having to teach others. I struggle with not wanting to make a fool of myself in the classroom, either in front of my peers now or my students later on down the road. Also, vocabulary has always been a tough part of English class, but with practice, I can improve my skills! While I have my own fears and weaknesses, I do have a love for English and grammar that may be odd to others. I actually really enjoy spending times editing and revising essays. For some reason, I find it oddly satisfying to insert commas where they are needed or change a word to a more suitable one for the context. I enjoy writing essays, if they are under 7-8 pages long, and I feel I can better communicate my knowledge and skills through writing than through exams.
Teaching is something that I have always wanted to do, but through high school I had to narrow down my focus, forced to pick a grade level and a subject. While I enjoyed math in school, when there got to be more letters than numbers, I preferred English! Hopefully, I will be a teacher one day, but I've recently been looking into the idea of being a missionary and teacher all in one. God has been opening doors and connections for me, and I'm excited to see what He does with the passion for English that He gave me! We don't always have to stay in one place to be an effective teacher, and I'm waiting to find out where I will end up!
"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
While I hope to be a great teacher in the future, I have fears and worries of my own. I love the subject and most, if not all, that comes with it, but grammar and all of its rules can be daunting, intimidating, and scary to think about having to teach others. I struggle with not wanting to make a fool of myself in the classroom, either in front of my peers now or my students later on down the road. Also, vocabulary has always been a tough part of English class, but with practice, I can improve my skills! While I have my own fears and weaknesses, I do have a love for English and grammar that may be odd to others. I actually really enjoy spending times editing and revising essays. For some reason, I find it oddly satisfying to insert commas where they are needed or change a word to a more suitable one for the context. I enjoy writing essays, if they are under 7-8 pages long, and I feel I can better communicate my knowledge and skills through writing than through exams.
Teaching is something that I have always wanted to do, but through high school I had to narrow down my focus, forced to pick a grade level and a subject. While I enjoyed math in school, when there got to be more letters than numbers, I preferred English! Hopefully, I will be a teacher one day, but I've recently been looking into the idea of being a missionary and teacher all in one. God has been opening doors and connections for me, and I'm excited to see what He does with the passion for English that He gave me! We don't always have to stay in one place to be an effective teacher, and I'm waiting to find out where I will end up!
"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
