One of my coworkers is Mrs. Vick. She teaches fourth grade and often teams up with Mrs. Fields during the day. Mrs.Vick went to high school at USDHS which is now known as Cathedral. For college she spent a year at Chico State but family problems brought her back to San Diego and she went to Mesa for a year, then switched to Grossmont where she only took a couple class. After Grossmont she switched to USD for about a year and a half then she finished at National University. She decided to become a teacher because that’s what her mom’s job was and she spent a lot of time in the classroom. The only other job she even considered was to be a nurse in the neonatal ICU but decided to not do that because she couldn’t take the heartbreak. She has taught first, third, and fifth but her favorite fourth. She loves it because the students are learning responsibility for their own actions, they begin to get a sense of humor, they are also beginning to think more critically, and they are becoming more mature. She likes to see how the students grow throughout the year. As a teacher one of her favorite things is getting to discover new things with her students which is something that happens during a simple lesson when a student asks a question so she’ll look it up and they all learn something new. One of her least favorite things is the politics. She described this as when a student is below reading level and when asked why it's because the student has at home problems but all the state cares about is test scores. She really believes in teaching to the whole child but it’s hard when all that is wanted is good test scores. When I asked her what drives her to be a good teacher she said the relationships she builds with her students and the families which is when she learns their story and that her heart goes out to them. She absolutely loves teaching and it’s something that she is very passionate about.
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