Hands on Experience

I have been wanting to be a teacher since I started high school.  Since I had always wanted this, over the summer I was asked to tudor my cousin in math, the exact subject I want to teach.  This hands on experience is so much different than learning or hearing about it.  I got the chance to experience what it is like to teacher the exact subject and age that I am hoping to teach in the future.  I went through the frustrations that teachers go through everyday, as well as the satisfaction of making a difference in the students life.  Even though this is not exactly what it is like to have a full class of students who most likely do not want to be there, I got a good taste of the teaching experience.  This experience only makes me more excited to one day have my own class of students and help them to learn something new and help them grow as students.