I Want to Teach Philosophy When I Grow Up by Daniel

I Want to Teach Philosophy When I Grow Up by Daniel - August 2017 Scholarship Essay

If I were a college professor of higher education and academic merit, the class I would be most apt to teach would have to be Philosophy. I can surmise three reasons for why I would wish this field to be my career path if I were a college professor.
The first pertains to how my students would hopefully perceive me. A teacher of such a field must be well-versed in his understanding of the subject, as well as the numerous viewpoints that Philosophical reasoning has taken over since the start of recorded history. This knowledge and wisdom should spring up an air of respect for my teaching, which allows the class to progress smoothly and efficiently.
The second reason for professorship in Philosophy has less to do with the position and much more to do with the stereotypes around the field of study itself. In common culture, philosophers are rare to be found, as the field is often deemed either too intellectual or too antiquated to matter at all. In the case of the first stereotype, this would make my career choice highly-esteemed as I would often be considered wise, despite my own knowledge of how truly unwise I would be, ironically. If the second stereotype was the one that presented itself in my presence, then my living-relic status of education comes with its own benefits, as I can imagine.
The third and greatest reason for why I would desire to teach Philosophy at the collegiate level pertains to my being, simply who I am. I took a Philosophy class in my previous year of high school that taught me more about myself than most other classes. I see that I do have an interest in the field, despite all the jokes that are made around my pursuit of it from friends and family.
It is a beautiful field of study that flows throughout all human history and permeates the fabric of our lives in a multitude of ways. No knowledge that is human-accessible is out of the reach of Philosophy, and the pursuit of knowledge is one of the primary reasons for higher education, which is why I would teach Philosophy if I were to lay my career as a college professor.