# data[].attributes.body
To be completely honest, it wasn't until Fall of 2019 that I decided to pursue a career in teaching. Something that I've always thought of myself was that I love helping people and through teaching that is something I can always do. Through out my schooling, the feeling I got when teachers helped me or I learned something new or showed me they care about me as a person and not just as a student really impacted my life and Id love to do that for my students.

# data[].attributes.body
One goal I have is to help students not only learn and grow in the classroom but in life as well. I want to prepare them for the outside world, prepare them for things their parents may not be prepping them for.

# data[].attributes.body
Another goal I have is to provide a safe place for my students, I had a few classes with certain teachers that I just couldn't wait to go to because I felt comfortable their, sometimes I would even take a "bathroom break" just to visit that class for a few minutes and that's the type of teacher I want to be for my students, I want them to feel safe and comfortable with me.

# data[].attributes.body
The first teacher who had an immense impact on my learning career were 2 of my 3rd grade teachers, My main room teacher and then my music teacher. They both believed I could do anything I set my mind to and believed that I was one of the brightest students. I want to be teachers like them who care for all their students and support them and help them be the best versions of themselves.

# data[].attributes.body
I've only had 3 bad teachers in my lifetime but on the Brightside looking back on it, they helped me by showing me how not to treat students. In the fifth grade i had a teacher who was rude and treated class like a prison, she acted as if we were just her pay check and nothing more. I had bad grades at the time due to poor teaching and lack of help, I was even getting bullied and I felt like I had no one to go to. I eventually switched schools and in the 6th grade I ended up with another bad teacher, but on the Brightside I had 3 other classes that I went to throughout the week depending on the day and they made my life so much easier by being kind and showing they care about students and treating us with respect. And finally, in the 9th grade I had the worst teacher, she was boring, rude, unorganized and blamed students for her poor teaching, it got so bad that my mom had to come to the school an have a meeting with the teacher. All these teachers have negatively impacted my schooling but on the Brightside they have taught me how to not treat my students and how to better myself so I can be the best teacher possible for whatever students I am blessed with.

# data[].attributes.body
Something that has stuck out tome community wise is that throughout my schooling, throughout the communities I've lived in, education hasn't really been pushed, of course people think education is important but it hasn't really been made out to be as important as it should. Another thing is the lack of diversity in the school system, throughout me being in school, I've only ever had 2 black teachers, one of which was a graduate assistant. I would love to become one of the few black teachers and be able to show young students that they can do anything they set their mind too regardless of what they look like and that nothing can hold them back.

# data[].attributes.body
My mom deciding to become a teacher also influenced me to be come one. She has taught me so much and has made me the person I am today, she is the reason I treat people with the utmost respect and am so helpful no matter what.

# data[].attributes.body
I also plan to peruse a career in coaching and I believe teaching can help me be and even better coach. I spent my summers of 2018 and 2019 heling coach at my old high school and I loved it. My coach there even believed I had a future in coaching seeing how well I handled helping ad seeing how much I actually knew about the sport. Seeing how much I helped those kids just through a sport only increased my want to be a teacher. There is no better feeling than spending time with people and teaching them and seeing it positively affect their life.

# data[].attributes.body
All students should be treated equally by their teachers, I noticed that I had certain classmates that were treated as favorites and then others that felt as if the teacher didn't care about them at all. That doesn't sit right with me because that will make the first student feel like they can get away with anything and like they're better than everyone else and the other student will slack and feel like they don't matter. I want all my students to knot they matter and that they're all my favorite students because i love teaching them and helping them.

# data[].attributes.body
I would love to be a teacher but one of my biggest goals is to one day become a coach. My dream job is to coach the university of Michigan football team. I want to be able to coach my favorite team, in my favorite sport, while also helping young people chase their dreams and assisting them in doing so.