Science Teaching Career

8th Grade Writing
8/12/09
Amber Hammock











There are many nice careers in the world such as Teaching, Engineering, and Manufacturing etc. All of these jobs help us in our daily lives and we use many things that people make to help with our careers.
When I get older I think it would be a nice job to be a science teacher. When you are a teacher you have the opportunity to educate people in a way that will help them for the rest of their lives. You can teach them in many different ways and there are a lot of sub topics you have to teach. One topic is chemistry. Chemistry is combining elements to create some other kinds of chemical reactions. I think it would be a challenging job and also I think it would be nice to know that you helped someone in your life. When I was in 5th Grade I had a science teacher named Mr. Ritzi. Mr. Ritzi’s class was a hard class to pass thru. Many people say that the harder your teacher is on you, then the more you will learn in that class. When I was in language arts class in 5th Grade I had one of the hardest teachers in the school. She was very strict and gave you lots of work to do. I know that I learned more in that one year, than I did in my 3rd and 4th grade writing put together.
If you want to be a science teacher you first have to go to college to get your degree in science and teaching. I don’t think I would like to be a science teacher because science covers many topics that are very uninteresting to me. I think that if I was to be any kind of teacher I would be a writing or language arts teacher.
The average yearly salary is about $50,000. That is a lot of money and it is a pretty good amount for a few person families. Money is a very big issue for people around the world. Today many people are struggling to stay alive with the little money they do make. Many people are getting fired these days and it is very hard to support a family with no job and no money. Our economy is very different now than it was a long time ago. When my parents were kids you could buy a loaf of bread for 25 cents now a loaf of bread is about $4.00 a loaf.
I think being a science teacher has its ups and downs, but all in all teaching science could be fun and could help your students for the rest of their lives. I don’t think I want to be a science teacher because that is not my specialty but just because its not mine doesn’t mean it isn’t yours.

20090810 - A New Beginning

A New Beginning
Amber Hammock
August 11, 2009
Writing Class
Pixeltrix Homeschool – 8th Grade


Every day is the first day of the rest of our lives, and every day we are given the opportunity to change what we do and how we do it. Weather it is doing something for the first time or having new responsibilities. No matter what you do there will always be changes in your life. We as humans are always changing and everyday something new happens.
School is a big issue in lots of people’s lives. There are many people who have trouble in school in many ways, and for many reasons. Some people do badly in school because they don’t care, and others do badly in school because they haven’t grasped the concept of what they are learning yet. In the past, people have done badly in school. Lots of us think that when it comes to school all you have to do is sit in class and listen. That is not true many people forget one big step in learning, which is the studying part. I have in the past had trouble studying the right way, and studying for the right amount of time. We need to study longer and harder to grasp all of the different parts of your tasks and assignments. We also have to work on paying attention in class when there are things to be done. If you’re teacher is teaching you about something. Then you don’t pay attention you won’t be prepared to do your work. One example is if your teacher gives you an assignment and you didn’t pay attention then you won’t be able to do your work because you are simply unprepared to do your work. It is easy to get distracted in class so when you’re in class try not to focus on people around you accept if the person you are focusing on is your teacher.
Many people in the world today are overweight and the older you get the harder it is to lose weight. Many people would love to have the supermodel body but it’s not easy. Most people change drastically when they want to lose weight. Some people eat only fruits and vegetables but that isn’t good for you. People also revert to not eating anything which is worse for you and can kill you faster than any other diet. A diet should be a mixture of things, such as, mixing meats with vegetables. You can also mix fruit with yogurt. People can mix many foods together to make them healthy.
As you get older, there are certain responsibilities you have to take on. When you’re younger some responsibilities are learning to put your toys away. When you’re older some responsibilities are learning to babysit or to drive a car, and then when you’re a lot older you have to pay your bills or get a job and to help support your family. Girls my age are new to having big responsibilities. One responsibility is having your first cell phone. Many girls want cell phones but you have to be trustworthy and responsible to have one.
The final thing that many people would really like to do before they are too old to do them is to do something exciting in their lives. One thing that I think would be fun to do in my life is to go sky diving or parasailing over the Great Smokey Mountains. It would also be cool to visit another country and see how the rest of the world is different from what I am used to or what you may be used to. Imagine an average American visiting somewhere as different as Japan. Think of how different it would be, as in the food you eat the cars you drive and the places you live. All places in the world are different. No matter where you go there will always be new things such as new laws, new cars, new buildings, and new people.
Many people have many things that they want to change about themselves but when doing so remember change can be a good thing or a bad thing. One example for a bad change is if you are making good grades and you decide not to do your work then you just made a bad change in your life. One example of a good change is just the opposite. If your making bad grades and you start doing all of your work then you just made a good change in your life. So make sure when you change something make sure it is the right thing to do, and that it is what’s right for you.