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 One of the most challenging things I have had to face head on is developing confidence, while I know teaching is my passion I believe that makes it that much scarier. Standing in front of a classroom and making decisions that impact students sounds intimidating and although I am not there yet I am already working on plan after plan as I know that I cannot just have one plan and hope everyone goes with it. I as the teacher must be flexible with my methods and vigilant enough to know when one is not working. I have had to learn that it is close to impossible to automatically get it right. For others who may be struggling with the same thing I would suggest not putting so much pressure on yourself as long as your heart is in the right place and you strive for student success it will all work out. While I of course still struggle with confidence levels I know that once I get through school everything will fall into place as it should for I trust that I truly do have good intentions. C...

 I believe that in order to be an effective teacher you must have a certain set of natural characteristics lets discuss three of them: empathy, patience, and strong communication skills. These may sound like basic skills to some but in reality many struggle with these things, it is important to continuously work and build on those skills.  A teachers empathy level needs to be at a point where he or she has the ability to genuinely understand students feelings, backgrounds, etc in order to build the trust that it takes for a student to learn effectively. Understanding a child's background allows teachers to respond thoughtfully to the student rather than too harshly or not stern enough. Every child is different and have different struggles so it is important for teachers to not only know the child but to understand them and that takes a lot of empathy and sometimes a lot of patience. Patience is another big characteristic needed as students learn in many different ways and at m...

 Global education allows students to grow in several different ways by exposing them to perspectives and cultures that may not be in their immediate environment. Socially is encourages students to gain empathy and respect for people of all backgrounds. Emotionally global education helps students build self-awareness and compassion, especially when students learn and understand global challenges such as poverty. Academically it strengthens the critical thinking of students especially as they analyze global issues from multiple different perspectives. Ethically global education pushes students to think about fairness and justice. I believe overall it is important because some students may not have a clue what it is like to struggle like some of their fellow classmates, people they may encounter in the future, or even their future selves. So being able to understand and instead of judge emphathize is extremely important.