Day 48

I think today that I am thankful I am getting to see the other side. So many times in our lives we are only shown one side of a perspective, one opportunity or option and we rarely research or are shown what is happening on the other side. Do you ever just go along with something because you are too lazy to figure out the other side, or forage a new path in the other direction? That work is hard! For me where I am right now, I am student teaching in an amazing school! A school with wonderful teachers, which amounts to a school with equally wonderful students. Im in an environment that fosters respect, inquiry, and excitement and passion for everything, especially education. Don't think I am at some Pleasantville school, sometimes I run into a brick wall here, no teaching is ever going to be 100% perfect. Then it would be boring. But, today I saw another view. On the other side of the coin I am working teaching some after school programs, for kids that are at completely different schools. I don't know anything about these schools, but I feel I can generalize a little. They are predominantly, or all, shall we say "at risk" students, or maybe you would say "free and reduced lunch" kids. They are coming form low income homes, families that most likely don't look like the Cleavers, and schools that are tough. Teaching them is a whole different story! The firsts time I went in teaching them it was an up hill battle! But now that I am thinking about it, I am thankful I am having the opportunity to teach them. That I see this other side, and don't become jaded by my current situation! It helps me see what the majority of teaching might be like out there, and helps me appreciate the amazing current situation I am in and see the fortune I have been given!