My Inspiration For Becoming a Teacher

"Why did you want to become a teacher?" 

       That is the number one question I receive at least once a week. Changing my major from nursing to math / education was definitely a huge change for me. My biggest inspiration for math was my junior high school teacher Mrs. B. I went to a small Christian school in center point and with a graduating class of only 25 there were not a lot of subjects one could choose from. I started loving math my first year with Mrs. B. She was the teacher that one wishes every child would get. She not only gave me my strong background in mathematics (especially in algebra) but she also showed me that I could do anything that I put my mind to. Mrs. B. was very serious about her math classes and every student knew it to. We would play algebra games in her classroom the day after we learned a new subject to get each student familiar with the new equations. She made math fun and interesting, not scary and terrifying like most students perceive math to be. She would come into school early and stay late in the afternoons to help each student succeed in her classroom. Mrs. B's math classes were the hardest classes at PCA but she encouraged each student to strive in her classroom. I want to be a great math teacher just like Mrs. B. was and to always encourage my students that they CAN do math and that they can succeed in anything that they put their mind to.