Life of an English Major Part 3: The Teaching Field

January 27, 2023

Being an English Major student means he/she can take the path of teaching later on after graduation. After learning the concepts and acquiring the necessary knowledge, the next stage is attempting to apply it in real life scenarios. As of writing this blog, I am done with Field Study in which it is needed to do classroom observations and become exposed on what is happening on the teaching field.

The teaching field can be illustrated as a jungle filled with wild animals because a teacher will encounter students and their parents as well. Bonds will form between teacher and students, forming relationship where a teacher can touch the heart of the students by applying his/her art. And in return, students will be part of the teacher's rollercoaster like memories while being engaged on the field.

It is nerve racking at first when someone is trying to prepare their materials for mock demonstration teaching and presenting it on front of the students who are included on the school's set of students. But that experience is completely necessary because that is the main stepping stone of an aspiring teacher to become a full fledged teacher.

While pursuing the final year of being an English Major, Students will still be having constant reminders, reviews and lessons on how to be a great teacher in the field. As the time inside the four corners of the classroom is not enough to suffice the needs of future educators, they will still develop and improve overtime. Like in games where upgrades to max level is always there, future educators will also have constant improvements, upgrades and developments as they pursue.

Being a teacher is not a lousy job because we will meet people raised on different backgrounds and feed them with the necessary tools on their time with us. It is also a profession where one can have a family even though the teacher is not even in a relationship because teachers can always call the students "Mga Anak" and students will appreciate that after some time.

Though the Teaching field offers so many wonders for everyone, it still has its own fair share of struggles and hardships. This field's needs are changing overtime and in a rapid pace because of the developments in the current generation. The things that are done in the past is actually outdated and not suitable for work in today's standards. The teacher back then is a foundation of knowledge but not it is a facilitator. In the field, we will not only deal with students but also with the parents as there are ones that will give the teachers a debate or complaint but there are who will be critical on what is presented before them.

Teachers are also in to a series of work that is actually unnecessary with their line of work. Like there will be who will serve in the elections as part of the electoral body and others. Which brings to the question that every future educator must ask to themselves every once in a while: "Can I last in the Teaching Profession?" If the profession is just a simple 9 to 5 job, chances are he/she will give up after sometime. But if it is treated as a form of service and if the educator loves teaching in the field, that educator will last long and generations will benefit from the cause.

"Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life"

-Jill Biden