Overview of Teaching
Introduction Corey Begay was a Navajo student that grew up without parents in a trailer-home with multiple siblings. Corey had a violent background and a history of exposure to drug and alcohol abuse. Corey had been in and out of foster care and correctional facilities from a young age. Philipe Charak was a Brazilian 19 year old with plans to join the Israeli military and was the heir to some of the wealthiest families in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hunter Davis grew up in Juneau, Alaska and proudly stated that he was never going to leave; Hunter had a salmon fishing boat and, at 19, already made more money than me in a year. What all three of these students have in common is that they had me as a teacher, and I had to convince them that my curriculum mattered. This is what sets me apart from other applicants as I have experience fostering purpose in my teaching within groups that may not see the initial benefit. To explain why this matters I can start with a quote from Martha ...