Reading the foundations of American Education by Webb, Metha,  Forbis and Jordan (2010), I realized being an educator is not easy. But remembering why one gets into this profession in the first place makes me stay focused in dealing with the challenges that this profession poses. The main reason why I would want to be an education lies in the belief that education is the basic foundation for every success and it is a lifelong process of learning. I want to be an educator because unlike the universal belief that education is limited to the classroom, I think there should be no limitation of education to dictation, classroom or expectations. As a teacher, I would really want to make a change in the education sector and ensure that every child is presented with the opportunity to receive not only the best but quality education no matter their race, ethnicity or socio-economic status. By providing every child with a firm education, I believe I will be paving the road towards a future that is full of growth and development. Being an instructor is an incredibly hard work but then again it is the most rewarding profession out there because every day is different for the teacher and her students

There are considerable agreements on what is defined as characteristics of a profession. A profession must have a cognitive base, a license in which it operates upon, colleague control, a professional association, a form of institutionalized training that all who want to join the profession must go through and above all a code of ethics that ensures the profession operates upon. Another high level characteristic of a profession lies in the high standards of intellectual excellence and professionalism that all members within the profession must operate upon. At the same time professionalism is an occupation that comes with prestige and special power that gives an elite group within the society the authority to work with other members within that profession as well as other members from different professions. A profession has been further offered a definition of “a special type of occupation that enjoys corporate solidarity in a prolonged specialized training within a body of abstract knowledge and service orientation”. Teaching qualifies to be a profession because of the vocational subculture that it believes in and the implicit codes of conduct that is used by all members within the profession to ensure they are at a certain occupational advantage.

Teaching qualifies as a profession because it is evident that its members have an organized body of knowledge that distinguished them from other professions. Looking at all teacher, they are equipped with high level knowledge from intensive backgrounds that propels the culture of education to higher levels. Teacher also qualified to be a profession because it serves a greater social purposed. Instructors carry with themselves full responsibilities of adherence to the codes of professional conduct within the practice and have accumulated the culture of assisting each student realize the importance of self-realization. There is a higher form of cooperation achieved through teaching as a professional organization and that makes teacher qualify as a profession. Viewing the profession cooperation plays a higher role in the development of teachers and represents a higher branding in togetherness to achieve a common purpose. Teaching over the years has been presented with the award of being the best at social order and influencing cooperation in research, professional preparation and adherence to professional code of conduct.