{"id":14352,"date":"2018-08-03T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=14352"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:13:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:13:44","slug":"love-teach-inspire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/love-teach-inspire\/","title":{"rendered":"Love. Teach. Inspire."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14353\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TeacherAppreciation_Illustration.png\" alt=\"Illustration by Spencer Jolibois.\" width=\"442\" height=\"423\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SPENCER JOLIBOIS \/ THE LEAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers are said to be the biggest influencers of every generation. The ones that inspire, motivate, and encourage students to make their dreams a reality. If so, why is teaching the most disrespected and underpaid profession? To students, teachers are a form of inspiration that is essential to every generation. Knowing that, they should be paid more because of what they do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout time, you come across individuals that will genuinely make an impact in your life.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 85% of students agree that they\u2019ve had a teacher or a coach that they can owe their success to. Some students\u2019 career choices have even been inspired by their teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn 7th grade, as a mere 12 years old, I sat in Mr.Firtell\u2019s civics class and knew that law was the career meant for me. If it wasn\u2019t for his moving lectures and thought provoking questions, who knows where I would be right now. As I now enter college, I have something that not many are lucky to have, assurance of my future career. I do not need to stress about the uncertainty of my future. And all of this, I owe to a middle school civics teacher,\u201d said Carolina Machin, a current student at Florida International University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many teachers are aware that it is a low paying job, but to them it isn\u2019t always about the money. Their goal is to pursue a career that allows them to make a difference in the lives of others. Much of what they instruct isn\u2019t always part of their curriculum.They believe in the power of educating the younger generation not only in their specialized fields, but also in areas of personal growth. They do it to pass along the lessons they\u2019ve learned throughout their life experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you are an educator and don\u2019t love your job, you should consider doing something else. This isn\u2019t for everyone. I noticed I was meant to be a teacher when I received my first paycheck and said to myself, \u201cHow can I be getting paid for having so much fun\u201d?,\u201d said Isabel Ojeda, a teacher at Barbara Goleman Senior High School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, some teachers in Florida have a serious issue with the amount they are being paid, averaging at $45,723 a year. Several rallies in Tallahassee have occured, where thousands of educators protested \u201chigh-stakes testing for-profit charter schools and other statewide education policies,\u201d according to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Herald<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThey feel [these issues] are harming students and devaluing classroom teachers.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have come to learn that the little pay does not define the quality of their teaching. From waking up at 5 a.m. for five days a week and staying overtime for extracurriculars, these teachers continue to be passionate and reflect this in their classrooms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the end of the day the student is the best thing about teaching. They provide me with daily challenges that I believe shape me to be a better person. A day spent teaching is realizing I am doing the most important career on earth,\u201d said Barbara Almaguer, an adviser and educator at Allstars Tutoring.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers are said to be the biggest influencers of every generation. The ones that inspire, motivate, and encourage students to make their dreams a reality. If so, why is teaching the most disrespected and underpaid profession? To students, teachers are a form of inspiration that is essential to every generation. 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