IntroductionWhen I was in high school, I volunteered in a program called Read and Feed where I mentored two 2nd graders who were struggling in school. Both students came from low-income, non-English-speaking homes. When I began working with these two students, they were shy, unresponsive, and unsure of their abilities. I gave them private lessons for a year, helping them improve their linguistic and written comprehension. By the end of the year, I noticed an astonishing difference. Not only were they doing significantly better at school, but their improved English had allowed them to socialize and make friends, and they had become much more sociable and confident. Seeing the change I made in their lives made me realize I wanted to become a teacher. I have always loved learning, but working with these two students made me realize the ability I have to positively impact someone else's life. When children are young, they are naturally curious and impressionable and I believe that as a teacher, it is during these elementary years that I can make the most impact. IntegrityI believe that integrity is adherence to a moral principle for reasons of morality itself. Essentially, this means that integrity is always about making the right choices despite any possible reward – choosing the right action simply because it is right. As a teacher, having integrity means making the best decisions for the benefit of students. Integrity manifests itself in a teacher's character in many ways. First, integrity is demonstrated by the effort a teacher provides to their students. I believe that teachers have a moral obligation to their students to provide them with the best educational opportunities possible. As I learned from working in the classroom, providing students with that high standard... middle of a sheet of paper...... systematically evaluating my class and myself and making changes every whenever necessary. I want to teach my students to continue learning and growing, even after they leave my classroom. Works CitedClark, Ron. The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child. New York: Hyperion, 2003. Print. Milner, H. Richard. Start where you are, but don't stay there: Understanding diversity, opportunity gaps, and teaching in today's classrooms. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education, 2010. Print. Sjoberg, Svein. “Constructivism and learning”. Encyclopedia of Education (2007): 1-9. Print.Watson, Marilyn and Victor Batterstich. “Build and maintain caring communities. » Classroom management manual: research, practice and contemporary issues. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. 253-75. Print.