Becoming a Good Teacher – Who Cares?

Abstract

I was naïve to think that teaching was predominately an academic affair. I became a teacher because I loved school: intellectually, socially, athletically, and completely. I felt confident that, because I had been a good at school in those capacities and because I was a smart person, I would naturally be a good teacher. I operated under the false assumption that, since I was good at learning and knowing things, the final step of transmitting the knowledge to students would be a given.