Introductory Letter

Introductory Letter

“And as you may have heard, I am recently a crowned class B dungeon master.” – Keith Stat

            I have spent the majority of the last year and a half at the University participating in classes geared towards better understanding how to be a quality educator. This experience has been all at once good, bad, and incredibly testing at times. I was knocking on the door of graduation when I decided to switch into the Education program, which is why I haven’t taken many content classes over the last year. I have been placed in an area high school since just before winter break of last year. In my time there I have worked with many teachers, participated in many events, taught many lessons, and spent time in district meetings where I hope to both learn and contribute in a positive way.

            My strengths in teaching English are that I read and write very well, I am able to dissect text to better understand it, and I realize that writing and reading are not easy for everyone and am willing and able to work in multiple strategies to teach the content to readers and writers of all levels.

            My weaknesses are that I strongly dislike Shakespeare and struggle to comprehend his texts and plays, and that I am not entirely familiar with many of the works that are taught at the secondary level (the latter I feel is an easily fixable problem).