emily’s blog
So i have never written a blog (not really sure what one is). But here is my story (fairly boring and cliche about an inspirational drama teacher) =
From a young age i always wanted to be a perfomer or persue something to do with acting. I guess that i never really thought twice about it, from as long as i can remember, i just assumed that i would be a perfomer. As a child i was always confident and outspoken. I was always the class clown and i got on with most people. However, the transition to highschool was an awkward one and my extraverted and confidence seemed to plummit. I became a quiet student - which was unusual for me - however, i found that in drama classes i couldn’t help but get involved with the work. During the middle years of high school, my academic life wasn’t my top priority as much as having lots of friends were and i lost sight of what i really wanted to do. However, drama was always a subject that i enjoyed and felt i was good at.
As i got older, i began to realise that i needed to make a decision about what i wanted to do with myself when i left school. In year ten, we were introduced to a new drama teacher who inspired me to persue my dreams of performance (i know it’s very cliche) She brought the life to the perfomring arts department that it had lacked for so long. From year ten and all through my VCE drama was my main priority and year twelve i was given the lead part in our school production. During VCE i regained the confidence whihc i lost years before and i began to find my true self again.
So why teaching? Well, after directing a play for a house drama festival in year twelve, i don’t believe that i have the patience for this job..however, i do have a feeling that i will be able to help students as my teacher helped me. Also, in year twleve i had an absolutely horrid english teacher who slammed a door in my face who i despised intensely. She is another reason why i want to teach…i believe that students deserve teachers that see them as equals, not as inferiors as my old, and horribly wrinkly english teacher did.
I hope that this course leads me to where i should be…