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• O’Neil, John. “Who Are We, Why We Teach.” NEAToday. September 2003. pp.27-32. The reason I chose the article was because I ask myself these two questions on a weekly basis. I thought it would be interesting to find out where I fit in the national average. I found that I am the exception in many ways, but my belief is the same as the majority. I teach to make a difference. This article gave statistics, such as 27 percent of teachers report having 25 or more students in their classes. They talked about how at this rate the students become just nameless faces. I have been in a classroom with 29 students and I agree that it can be challenging to give the students one on one time. I now teach 25 students and find it much easier to work with them and help each individual with his or her strengths. I hope I never get to the point where I regard my students as nameless faces, but I can see how having so many students could be a problem. Another statistic was than on average teachers spend 50 hour