My Aptitude

My greatest strength in any subject is Literature and English. I believe it is my gift. I also have a passion for History and Science but, Literature is in my spirit. I feel that any child that I have the privilege to teach English to will greatly benefit. I feel that writing is one of the most important things a human can do, and I will advocate this to my students. No matter what subject that is being discussed there will be some form of writing that they will have to do. Whether it's blogging, commenting on blogs, keeping a journal, or writing a paper, they will write. In the movie, "The Dead Poet's Society" Robin William's character says "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" I think sometimes that English and Literature are not taken as seriously as Math and Science but, that does not mean it is any less important. Where would we be if people did not write things down and others did not read that writing? As a teacher, I will try to hone their individual writing skills that will help them go far in any subject of learning, and eventually I hope that one day they will see the importance in it all as well.