While talking about one of the books I'm currently reading (Substitute Teaching A to Z) I expressed how I was stuck between what subject I would want to teach if I ever got my teaching certificate. I graduated with my Bachelor's in History and while I love history I am not sure I want to teach it. I fear that my love of history would just deteriorate by teaching middle and/or high school students about history and struggling to get them to at least want to learn it. With English I have a huge love for reading and books, I've actually probably taken just about the same number of English/Literature courses as I have history. I actually started my teaching aspiration 10 years about wanting to be a high school English teacher. Those were the classes I loved the most and the teachers who really inspired me. I lost that when I took an education course at the community college and got rid of the dream.For me being an English teacher I would want to not only get students to read and find enjoyment of it, but to tie in a bigger picture to it. I'm not sure if anyone has come up with a lesson plan for the book, The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, but I think having teen read that book and creating a lesson on how the concept of trying to fix all your flaws and how people were considered ugly until they had their surgery would help teens learn better self image. I could really get them to think about why the book was written, and why they need to look into themselves on what they would choose to do.
If you were to teach English or have your child take English what kinds of book and lessons would you like to see? I would love to hear your ideas to better help me decide what I want to do. Or at least start looking into lesson plans for books I want them to read if I were to teach. Anyone else in the same boat as me. Want to teach, but afraid to for one reason or another.
