RCOE International Student Teaching Spring 08

I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. I used to play school with my little sister's in my moms classroom afterschool when I was in elementary school. She is a third grade teacher in Burke County so I got a lot of inspiration and motivation from her. I absolutely love little kids and everything about teaching and being around them. They are so funny!...and can say some of the most intellegent and hilarious things. I especially like working with children who struggle in the regular classroom. I love getting through to students who feel that they cannot succeed, and building up their confidence by helping them perform to their best ability. The thing that I have enjoyed the most about teaching so far is seeing a student get something I am teaching for the first time. When they light up and get excited about school and learning is the reason I teach and why I love to teach so much.

I am so excited about the opportunity to get to teach internationaly in Ireland next semester. I feel that this is an excellent opportunity and would benefit my teaching career greatly. The chance to see how a school works in another country, how they educate their students and how their school works is something I am looking forward to seeing. I feel that I will learn a lot and get to bring back tons of information, experiences and ideas and be able to use them and implement them in my classroom.

I have never had the chance to travel outside of the United States, so not only will this be an excellent opportunity for me, it will also be exciting and new. I cannot wait to travel to another country! I have always loved the idea of traveling and this experience is something I am looking forward to for many different reasons!

-Cassie Mauser