美国教育类专业硕士申请Essay范文：

I want to be a teacher because I appreciate the great value ofeducation. Throughout high school, education was never a top priority forme. Only during the past two years, at college, have I realized theimportance of education. Instead of letting hard subjects discourage me, as they used to, I have learned to turn my frustrations into hard work anddetermination. As a teenager, my social activities consumed my life. My friendswere not motivated to do well in school. Unfortunately, I followed theirlead. My grades were very low, and I did not even care. As I grew older and lost touch with my old friends, I decided tofocus on my education. I enrolled in Burlington County College. There, I chose to associate with people who worked hard. My peers at Burling tonhave influenced me to strive to do the best I can academically. Math has always been a very difficult subject for me. I wouldoften get frustrated doing problems, and would end up throwing down thebook and giving up. When I got to college, I realized that math wouldinevitably be a part of my life and that I would have to find a way to getthrough it. The motivating environment at college has enabled me to relaxand work through the problems. I now find math to be one of my easiersubjects and I even enjoy its challenging aspects. My own roller-coaster ride with school has made me want to be ateacher. I have reflected on the factors that made me fail in my earlyyears of education, and I think one major factor was my teachers. Mydisinterest in grades was obvious in high school, and all my teachersseemed content with it. I feel that if someone had sat me down andexplained the importance of school, or even just attempted to makelearning more interesting, I might have become more motivated. As an elementary school teacher, I hope to make learning fun formy students. It is my goal to ease the students ’ frustrations as best Ican. I would like my students to see me as not only their teacher, but assomeone they can talk to and feel comfortable with. My experience at college has proved to me that I am capable ofdoing well. Not only do I have the ability to succeed, but I also now havethe confidence. I know how important educationis in all aspects of one ’ slife, and I want to share that knowledge with others.