Er, Jr College? What's that?
There are two year institutions called Jr. Colleges that are much less expensive that full blown universities. General ed. requirements can be taken there and then the credits transferred to whatever school the student wants to attend next. Many of them also offer nursing programs and the like.
http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/
I think we call them either communitty colleges or associate colleges.... You end up with an associate degree?
Looks good, littlek!
Lemme know if you're ready for an edit. (Haven't looked at it edit-close yet, might not be much.)
Instead of saying things like "I'd like to start teaching," point out specific qualities and strenghts. "Because of my diverse background, experience working with children, and ability to_______," I would be a strong fit for a teaching position in your school." Sounds a little more confident and proactive.
Something like that. You may want to open it up with a statement like that to grab attention, then summarize at the end with something else like that.
You could even look up examples of cover letters online.
Does look good though! I'm sure you'll stand out, you do have a great background for it.
Thanks all!
I don't think I'm ready yet, Soz.
Slappy - They said they wanted it done in a narrative style which is why I took a passive tone. I guess. Blaise also said to be more proactive. I'll rework it.
littlek wrote:Er, Jr College? What's that?
High school with ash trays.
gustavratzenhofer wrote:I'm eating the sandwich, not the gnat.
sssooo glad you clarified that!
Sounds promising so far, Lil K! Go for it!
Like dlowan - I'm out of my depth - just watching and listening.
Littlek--
The passive tone worried me. Teachers, even benign and understanding teachers, have to dominate and control a classroom.
(Joining the cheering section in the A2K Home Bleachers).
I need to get back to this.....
The latest:
Teaching is in my blood. The personal quest for knowledge and the desire to teach pervades the fabric of my family, even infusing those of us who are not teachers. I spent many years educating myself through life experience before deciding I wanted to make educating others my career.
While growing up in a homogenous suburb of Boston, I felt that my young life was not a well-rounded one. Even in elementary school, I felt a strong desire to expand my horizons. I remember a project in sixth grade in which we learned about Native American traditons and culture. During that project, I made several Native American tools out of clay: an awl, a crescent blade and a mano-matate set. This one project had a huge effect on my future. I went on to college where I self-designed a major in anthropology, combining sociology and geography. During the summer before my senior year I spent eight weeks in Utah on an archeological dig. My world began to expand.
I wanted to experience the West in a deeper way. I wanted to learn about different ethnic groups, various landscapes and socio-political structures. I jumped at jobs which allowed to me to interact with locals and learn about local cultures. I drove to Santa Fe, NM, and took a job at a cafe where I could meet and interact with people from all over New Mexico and travelers from abroad as well. I also worked at an import store for a morrocan man and his basque wife. From this couple I learned about the history of the spanish control over both Morroco and the bulk of the Basque lands. I listened to my boss haggle with traders from Pakistan and Afghanistan. From the area, itself, I learned about the the spanish explorers who came up from Mexico and the Native Americans whom they met in that area now known as New Mexico. I visited old spanish churches and Pueblo and Anasazi ruins. The history there was inexcapable.
From the Southwest, I drove to the South, where history was also inexcapable. Here was a different story, the story of slavery and the Civil War. In Georgia, I continued to take jobs of a service nature where I could meet people. My time in Georgia taught me to stand up for myself and others in the face of lingering bigotry. Prejudice of all kinds still lingers in the north, but I found it to be more obvious in the south. While living there, after 10 years of living out of state, I started to miss my family and New England and decided to move back home.
I wanted to do something truely rewarding, as well as educational. My sister and I agreed that I would care for her coming child. For the last six years I have cared, full-time, for several children. After my niece went into daycare partime, I started to care for another family's child. When both mothers gave birth to their second children, I chose to work fulltime for my sister once again. These years have been the richest in my life. I love watching newborns become toddlers and then children. There have been bumps and bruises, tantrums and rebelions, but there has also been break through moments and those are golden. While I have always been interested in becoming a teacher, these last six years have made me realize how much I would like to be one.
The off-campus program at Lesley University has wonderful flexibilty in scheduling for working adults and in course structure. Learning in an interactive format will allow me to not only learn by doing, which how I prefer to learn, but also to see how my classmates learn and teach. I look forward, hopeful to meet the members of the cohort I will journey with to gain my masters degree.
Wow.
If I were on the admissions committee, I'd accept you in a heartbeat.
That's awesome! Very well written.
I agree with Eva and Slappy!
Very well written and it seems you're more assertive now
littlek. Go for it!!
I think it's you. It comes across as honest and sincere.
Woohoo! We have a winner! Thanks all, you've been great. Now, I should take Sozobe up on her edit offer.....
<hand in air>
Teacher!
Teacher!
