Pilon Bio

Hello, my name is Hillary Pilon. I am 18 years old in my first year of college and I am interested in teaching art. I am the youngest with two older siblings and I have four adorable dogs that I love very much. I became interested in teaching during my junior year of high school at Doctors Charter School. The teachers that I saw were so enthusiastic about what they were doing and were willing to lend all the help they could so that their students understood the topics. The way they helped the students inspired me to want to do the same and to make learning fun instead of just something that is required of them. I want my students to be able to have fun while they learn about different artists and their styles. Art is supposed to inspire students and bring out their most creative selves and to discover the inner artist hidden inside of them. With art anything is possible and you can be as creative as you want because it is what you want to make and how you want to do it. There are no guidelines as to how to make art and how to go about creating it. It is also a way to relieve stress from other classes and to connect with peers in gathering ideas or materials; it creates a deep bond within a class and that is most important. As a teacher I want to be able to help my students in any way possible and I want them to be able to see me as someone they can trust and talk to if they have any problems; also to know that I care for them and their wellbeing. Teachers are supposed to be influential on their students so that they can look back and remember how great it was to be in their classes and to enjoy the time they spent with their peers and teachers. I want students to be able to remember my class for years to come as the best class they ever had. To be able to touch even one student’s life means so much to me and is such an incredible honor to have because then I know that I would have done my job to give them the best time they could ever have.