My overall experience as a MA TESOL student and as an English as a second language teacher helped shape me into the teacher I am today. As a teacher and classroom manager, I always search for ways to understand how my students learn best. I try my best to understand students’ personal interests, their hopes and dreams for the future, the challenges they face, and their approaches to learning and life. I feel that I can help my students best by taking a constructivist approach to learning and providing them with scaffolding that they can use to build up their knowledge while teaching to approach materials as critical thinkers. I also search for ways to best facilitate learning, inspire a love for the English language, and create meaningful learning experiences for my students. I achieve this in my classroom through the use of authentic reading material and discussions.