I believe I have had three key experiences in my life that have set me on my career path. It all started with my elementary school art teacher. She was strict and liked things done a certain way. She focused on the kids who had a real interest in art. I believe this way of teaching is neither good nor bad, but truly inspired me to push myself in the art classroom. I wanted to be the best in my class. I would work super hard, my eyes were always glued to the project I was working on. This was the first step on the path to me wanting to become an art teacher. Elementary art class not only gave me the first spark of inspiration to become an art teacher, but also gave me ideas of how I would want to run my art classroom in the future.
My second key experience was in high school. Both of my high school art teachers pushed my art and I. My senior year I took AP Studio Art and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I had to push myself to crank out art every class. I improved so much my senior year and I truly started to discover who I was as an artist. The last landmark in my art life was last year. I was starting to question myself as an artist. I signed up for oil painting. Oil painting was a medium I had never worked with before. My professor pushed me and told me that I was improving and was talented. That boost in my self-confidence and simple compliment reassured me and my choice to dedicate my future to art and art education. All three of these experiences have inspired ideas about my future classroom. I want to focus on every student no matter their interests, art or not. I want to push every student to work hard and practice to become better artists and learners. Finally, I want to be a teacher that gives my students confidence in their work and themselves.
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AuthorJunior at Penn State studying Art Education.
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