It is the teacher’s job to not only implant the knowledge that they are expected to teach, be it by the state or otherwise, but to also leave the student with a passion for learning in other content areas. Good teachers, such as the ones I had growing up and are the reasons I wanted to start teaching, made me feel this, with lessons that were not only informational, but also engaging. They made me realize that teachers are not only a vessel of knowledge, transcribing information into a student’s brain, but also the mode of transportation that should lead the student to pursue and anticipate the lifetime of learning they will all take part in. I hope to be one of those teachers one day, not one to be thought of as someone that got them to remember what the structure of an atom is, but to look at life as an everlasting exercise of wanting to know “how” and “why”, that to me separates the good and great teachers of the world. If I had to point to one defining moment in my life for my love of teaching, it would have to be 8th grade science class with Mr. Barton. That teacher at the time did the unthinkable: made me enjoy the learning process of chemistry and earth science by designing activities that made me take an active part in my learning, mixed it with fun that reinforced the concepts today. Since then, I’ve never seen the art of teaching the same way. Before that, most teachers I would have would mostly lecture at the front of the room, give some group work, and then a test, with maybe a project thrown in for good measure. But the truly great teachers I had never seemed to view teaching their subject with such linearity. They wanted us to want to learn their material, ask questions, actively postulate, and come back the next class excited to see what the day would bring. Teaching can sometimes involve lecturing, and sometimes it’s not as fun as, say, devising lyrics to a song as a review to a test, but teaching should at least make the student curious and see the limitless possibilities of learning, both in the class and out.