Eric Parker
Good days or bad in the end this is the work that not only I’m meant to do, is something that changes lives, and makes me happy.
Good days or bad in the end this is the work that not only I’m meant to do, is something that changes lives, and makes me happy.
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I had a bit of a personal crisis in college and didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I began looking at a lot of different problems going about and I tried to think about what I could do to help the most people but also guarantee a happy life myself. My Roomate told me he was changing majors to teaching and after some thought I did the same then after the first classroom experience I was hooked I found my calling.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceMy first day. I walked into my high school I use to work at and it was nothing like college could have prepped it was a very learn in the moment I walked into my first classroom and there were 35 kids staring at me as I tried to work through my jokes and such. Turns out my class was sheltered and all of them were English learned in their first year in the country! I wasn’t told but I rolled with it and grew now that is the student population I work with only I love it!!
What would you do with the $25,000?Honestly I would take care of my family and my mental health. Teaching is not easy it is so taxing emotionally and I want to be able to do it as long as I can especially here in Oklahoma. It’s my home but it’s so hard to work here!
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