
Courtney Caldwell
High School English and History Teacher
Seoul International School
Seoul International School
High School English and History Teacher
I teach and learn and grow and enjoy working with high school students.
I listen to teenagers. Their stories, their heartbreak, their stress, their point-grubbing, their passions, their exhaustion. I develop curriculum. I plan lessons. I grade papers. And then grade more papers. I go to meetings. I file papers. I make photocopies. I make posters. I inspire kids to do more and say more and be more than they ever thought. I challenge some kids to open their mouths and other kids to close them. I laugh. A lot. I get inspired. I get frustrated. I get challenged.
Here's the first step for college students
Study what you love. Don't major in education. Go back and get a masters in Education, but in college, just take classes that open your mind. Study abroad. Find professors that inspire you, figure out what about their teaching inspires you and then use that when you begin teaching. Remember that you teach students first and content second.
"You should know what you want from life by this point."