College Admissions Essay: I Will be an English Teacher :: College Admissions Essays

I Will be an English Teacher   Most of the change we think we see in look is due to accuracys being in and out of favor. -- Robert Frost   I felt trapped, immobilized, confused. It was my senior year in high school. My friend Nancy aptly described me as laboring under a stupor of thought. Finally, I did the one thing that held any promise of relief - I decided to become an English teacher. I didnt precisely switch oars in the middle of the stream I switched to an entirely different river.   Throughout high school, instructors and classmates have said to me, You know, youd make a vast teacher. Thats nice, Id say, but I already have a plan, a nice, sensible plan earn a degree in accounting, marry my love of medication to my skill with numbers and computers, and become the financial manager for a non-profit music arts organization. I outlined my plan in essays. It was a good plan, a sensible plan, a righteous plan. I cant change now. Its too late, too late Its too lat e...isnt it?   After three years of resistance, my passion for learning and lit and my experiences as a student finally defeated my sensible plan. I decided it was not too late. I would become a teacher - truth be told, I already was.   Outside the classroom, I wore teacher-ness on my sleeve. Volunteering in the school office, Id chat with the students about their classes. Theyd moan about the speech class they mean to put off as long as possible. Id counter with tales of giving my instructional speech on Japanese style gift-wrapping - the women in the class produced beautifully wrapped gifts, but the men were all thumbs Gee, you make it sound cool. Have you ever thought about teaching? Oh no, not me. Im going to be an accountant.   The look at to learn more and share what I learned exposed me. After fulfilling the algebra requirement, I realized that I enjoyed algebra. So I took more math classes, just for the fun of it. I stayed up late, working additional problem s, caught up in the thrill of understanding. I became an unofficial tutor, assist my classmates with factoring and linear equations. It was fun helping them learn. Whipping around the room from one student to the next was exhilarating Have you ever thought of becoming a math teacher?