Answer to Prompt: How do you inspire students?
Prompt for a Scholarship Essay: How do you inspire students? My most persistent motivation for teaching is both from and for one detail about life: it can be beautiful and fun. I know that life is challenging and we all experience parts of it that give us grief, but I believe we all can take part in the best parts of life if we so choose. That being said, I inspire my students to believe in beauty. When I was a substitute for a Spanish classroom for a full semester, we took time to compliment the artistry and adventurous spirits of Spanish-speaking nations. When I taught Introduction to Business for a few months in another substituting role, I asked students to share their dream jobs with me, and found a way to invite personal friends in those jobs to come and share about their experience. In a library classroom, teaching Information Literacy, I made students laugh while learning how to write research papers. If we can all see beauty and fun in our lives, we can live them jo...