Motivation Blog

1.Why are you here (in the teacher education program, in this class, at UVU)?
I am here trying to become a teacher because my grandpa was a wonderful man and a remarkable teacher for his whole life and I want to be like him. I want to have an impact on the world and I think this career best fits my natural talents while fulfilling my internal desire to help kids believe in themselves.

2.What motivates you?
Of the many motivators in my life, my biggest one would have to be the responsibility I feel towards my family. I want to provide my family with all the necessities of life and those base needs drive the majority of my actions.
However, I realize that there are more interesting motivators that keep me on the path to becoming a teacher. I have felt some great successes in multimedia and business and I would love to help kids to have those same feelings of success.

3.Why do you succeed?
I'm competitive, I'm passionate, I have a good degree of natural talent, I have felt smaller successes and built on them.

4.Why do you fail?
I get discouraged, I make believe it doesn't matter to me, I try something too far beyond my natural ability, I compare myself to others.

5.How do you need to change your motivations and mindset for this class in order to become a great teacher?
I need to feel the simple motivator of pure learning that often gets confused by lower level motivators. If I take on the attitude that I am here to learn, I will be able to apply the lessons not only into teaching, but into my daily life.