The education field has major rewards

Many students often wonder if they are in the right field for them. While each individual case is going to be different, education majors in specific must look at if they are in the field for intrinisic rewards—we all know the field has little to no attractive extrinsic rewards.

So what are the intrinsic rewards that education offers? One of, if not the most attractive extrinsic rewards education offers is the good-heartedness and humorous qualities that rubs off from the students and onto you.

For example, think about these situations.

A class of kindergartners gather around their teacher for story time.  The teacher tells the kindergartners of her weekend.

“First, I went to my brother’s house to pick him up.”  The teacher says.  The kids look interested, but unsure of what the teacher is saying exactly, and where she is going.

“Then, we drove to Wyoming.”  Again, the kindergartners look interested, but unsure.  “Then, we watched the Wyoming Cowboys play football.”  The kids gasp, and one asks, “Real cowboys?”

A kid in the second grade walks in to his classroom at the beginning of the day.  The teacher, noticing the boy is wearing a shirt she has not seen him wear before, asks him, “Is that a new shirt?”

The boy looks to be deep in thought for a moment before he answers, “No, Mrs. Teacher.  But it used to be new!”

A fourth grader walks in to his classroom and notices one of his classmates is already in the room and has a muffin in his hand.  “Why do you have a muffin?”  The first boy asks.  The boy with the muffin replies, “Because it is my birthday!”  The first kid says, “But you have had a muffin every day this week.  You have the longest birthday of anybody in America.”

These real moments show the good-heartedness and humorous qualities of elementary children. For those majoring in the education field, these qualities will be rewards given to them everyday during their tenure as teachers.

Such qualities are rewards that almost anyone would love to have. Remember that, all of you education majors.