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Nomaken
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Location: 31726 Windsor, Garden City, Michigan, 48135
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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: I plan to become a teacher. |
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I've always studied teachers even though i didn't always plan on becoming a teacher. I remember them all, i remember their habits, methods, personality, everything. I remember what they did which worked and what they did that didnt work. So now my current career idea is to become a teacher and do right what has been done wrong so many times.
But now i wonder how much of what i want to change in being a teacher is just stuff that I as an AS or HFA or whatever i am had particular trouble with, and most people learn just fine with how it is done normally.
Despite all i have learned i still have not satisfactorily studied how people REALLY learn, and how often people learn in specific ways. So that is one thing i can do that no teacher i have ever seen has done before. Figure out how each student in my class learns and tailor the lesson as much as i can to each of their particular styles of learning.
Still I wonder about it.
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GalileoAce
Mildly Anti-Social In A Friendly Way
Joined: May 10, 2005
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I plan on going to Uni to study Psychology and Education. I don't know if I would end up going onto teaching... But there's a big precedent for it given family history.
Alot of my father's family are teachers...
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Namiko
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Joined: Jun 14, 2005
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I think it would be very interesting to be a teacher, but not a normal teacher in a class of twenty or thirty students. I was a teacher's assistant to the algebra teacher at my school this year, and I taught the class once when she wasn't there. Even though I knew the material extremely well, it was an extreme challenge to captivate the interests of nineteen eighth, ninth and tenth graders for half an hour while I explained the lesson. They're never a very well behaved class, anyways. After I taught them the lesson and gave them the notes, I went around to each of the individually to help them if they had any questions. This seemed to work out better.
I don't exactly understand how other people think or learn. But I've been observing my teachers, making mental notes of the teaching styles that work for both myself and my friends and those that don't. I've also talked to some of my friends (mostly my closer friends) about who their favourite teachers are and why. I also asked my best friend why she didn't like the class we were in together, which happened to be my favourite class. I think getting advice from an NT can help sometimes, especially if you trust them.
I would love to be a science or history teacher, to show people how history is really supposed to be taught. My most exciting classes this year were a science/history combination and the advanced placement history courses I took. The teachers were both interesting and I learned a lot without even realizing it. We screwed around more in our science/history class than all of our other classes combined, but I think we learned as much as we did in our advanced history course.
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Feste-Fenris
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Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Most Aspies would make good professors...
But mediocre grade-school teacher...
Still; if you teach science or math it could work... |
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Sean
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I'd probaby be good at teaching science, computers, or on campus detention.  |
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Ghosthunter
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Joined: Mar 20, 2005
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject: Hmmmmmmm? |
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Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 10, 2005
Posts: 306
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:10 pm
Post subject: I plan to become a teacher.
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I've always studied teachers even though i
didn't always plan on becoming a teacher. I
remember them all, i remember their habits,
methods, personality, everything. I remember
what they did which worked and what they
did that didnt work. So now my current career
idea is to become a teacher and do right what
has been done wrong so many times.
But now i wonder how much of what i want
to change in being a teacher is just stuff that I
as an AS or HFA or whatever i am had particular
trouble with, and most people learn just fine with
how it is done normally.
Despite all i have learned i still have not satisfactorily
studied how people REALLY learn, and how often
people learn in specific ways. So that is one thing
i can do that no teacher i have ever seen has done
before. Figure out how each student in my class learns
and tailor the lesson as much as i can to each of their
particular styles of learning.
Still I wonder about it.
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I have always been told by many people that this the
the area that would best play my strength. I say
GO FOR IT! It is underpaying(but that shouldn't be
the reason to say no!) and the helping of future
generations is admirable. This is why I say Go For It!
Hmmmmmm?
What type of subjects would interest you to teach?
I assume you are 20-21, and by the time you get
credentialed you would be 26-27, and God-Bless
you helping future generations!
My sister is a teachers aide to autisic children, but
she took it because it was convient. She doesn't
even know of my autism, and I don't plan to tell her.
I would like to help autistic children, and learning
disabled because this area would require a understanding
that a AS/HFA person could only grasp!
What are your thought on teaching special ed?
Hmmmmm?
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NoMore
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I have the perfect teaching job for an Aspie (IMO).
I have my degree in English Language and Literature, summa cum laude. I get to use my degree every day. I get the enjoyment of teaching and the thrill of watching young minds grow and mature on a daily basis. I don't have to deal with 30 obnoxious kids whose obnoxious parents think their kids are saints. I don't have to deal with petty faculty and mindless administration. I just listen to my public/private school teacher friends complain about these things.
Of course, I don't make any money on the deal  though I am saving money over the alternative (working FT, paying for childcare/school expenses, and job-related expenses).
I've been homeschooling my own 5 kids for the past 11 years.  |
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Ghosthunter
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: Hmmmmm? |
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| Sean wrote: |
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
Posts: 901
Location: The Peoples Republic of California
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:43 am
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I'd probaby be good at teaching science, computers, or
on campus detention. |
Hmmmmm? You owe Axelkat a appology!
and how many times have you been in
School detention! I assume that is why
you might find it easy to fit in.
But on a friendlier note, Teaching requires patience,
understanding and being able to fit in!
Alot of us would have a problem in the last part
(fitting in) but the patience, and understanding
part can be better worked on!
Hmmmmm?
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Ghosthunter
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Joined: Mar 20, 2005
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: Hmmmmm? |
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Snowy Owl
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 160
Location: Geelong, Australia
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:15 pm
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I plan on going to Uni to study Psychology and
Education. I don't know if I would end up going
onto teaching... But there's a big precedent for it
given family history.
Alot of my father's family are teachers...
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How many family members became teachers?
University level? K1 to K12 level?
What subjects besides Psychology would
interest you?
Sincerely,
Ghosthunter
P.S....What is a teachers salary in Austrialia?
In the US it ranges from $15000-$45,000
depending on the area.
For example: Palo Alto $50,000 in a million $ home
cost area. It is grossly out of perportion to the
standard of living of area's! |
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Malcolm_Scipo
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Joined: Mar 12, 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:27 am Post subject: |
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If you become one, remember to always carry spare board erasers so that once you have chucked one at a pupil, you can do it again quickly.
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Nomaken
Phoenix
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Location: 31726 Windsor, Garden City, Michigan, 48135
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Malcolm_Scipo wrote: | | If you become one, remember to always carry spare board erasers so that once you have chucked one at a pupil, you can do it again quickly. |
LOL, I'll keep that well in mind.
What i plan to teach is really up for grabs. I don't know what i'll teach, it just seems that teachers in general are so much NOT interactive with the students that it couldnt be very hard to teach ANYTHING a whole lot better than they do now. Whichever i decide will help people the most.
I have also considered trying to teach autistic children. Basically i have learned that deeply autistic people are brilliant, but they are just so bored by the world that they dont care. And frankly, i think i can make sh** interesting enough to bring em out.
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And as always, these are simply my worthless opinions.
My body is a channel that translates energy from the universe into happiness.
I either express information, or consume it. I am debating which to do right now.
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Till
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Joined: Jul 03, 2005
Posts: 11
Location: London
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject: Teach - two reasons not to |
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I've done a lot of small-group or 1:1 teaching, tutoring etc, and I've enjoyed it, but I think there is much more to teaching in a classroom than just knowing your stuff and being able to find a way to make people understand it. Being a teacher at a regular school, at least from my experience as a student, means that you constantly have to spend most of your time keeping students quiet, making sure everyone does their homework, does not fight with each other etc. You also have to be a social role-model, or if you can't be that, at least you have to preserve some kind of respect and not act "funny", so that students don't start to make fun of you. Unfortunately, I think, in a classroom that is very difficult, because students rarely respect you for what you know, or how well you teach them. All in all, teaching can be extremely stressful for an NT (in Germany, the majority of teachers retire early due to this), and I think it would be hell for an aspie. Teaching at University, I think, would be a different matter. Or maybe teaching seriously interested students at a special school.
The main reason, however, why I don't want to be a science teacher, is that you can only apply so little of the actual "stuff" you learn at uni, let alone keep up with new developments. I think science teachers do a great job, and I am really thankful for what they've done for me, but when you're more interested in science itself than in its communication, I think teaching in school can be quite frustrating. |
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GalileoAce
Mildly Anti-Social In A Friendly Way
Joined: May 10, 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmmmm? |
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| Ghosthunter wrote: |
How many family members became teachers?
University level? K1 to K12 level?
What subjects besides Psychology would
interest you?
Sincerely,
Ghosthunter
P.S....What is a teachers salary in Austrialia?
In the US it ranges from $15000-$45,000
depending on the area.
For example: Palo Alto $50,000 in a million $ home
cost area. It is grossly out of perportion to the
standard of living of area's! |
4, three of my Dad's sisters, and his mother, are or were teachers. Primary Teachers (that would be what you call P-K6)
I'd be interested in thought subjects; philosophy, anthropology, psychology, things like that.
I'm not sure, but I think teachers' salaries here are around the 20000-45000 mark...
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aspiegirl2
Aurtistic Rainwoman
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Age: 19
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Location: Washington, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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My current carreer choice for after high school is to become an art teacher. I've always liked art. Plus, a good thing about becoming a teacher is that it gives you way more free-time than the average job; you get three months off in the summer. Plus, I'm not focusing on becoming rich, and if I ever wanted to become anything more or go to school more, I could use the summer time to try to do other things. Also, if I wanted to become another type of teacher, I could just get the classes in (besides the ones that teach you how to be a teacher) and then I could teach that subject.
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CleverCait
Snowy Owl
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I once thought about teaching high school band and orchestra, since I can play pretty much any instrument I can get my hands on.
I'm glad I did not pursue this.
However, I think it would be interesting and enjoyable to teach as a college professor, either at a law school or in a regular college/university (I'd teach political science and maybe history). |
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