Personal Narrative: My Experience With Tutoring Children At Milwaukee College

My time at Mary Queen of Peace has been unforgettable. I have grown in knowledge, faith, and have grown strong relationships with friends and teachers. Through our class field trips, class bonding experiences, retreats, athletics, and recess I have learned the many virtues that need to be in place for a successful day. We as an Eighth Grade class have shared many memories that I will never forget. Each day we faced a new challenge and we would again and again overcome the obstacles. I have made friends for life here and will miss seeing them every day.

A path that led to this school, and the amazing experiences and opportunities I had and will continue to have throughout my last year here. Here is the place I’ve learn to lead in a classroom, develop my academic skills, and succeed in continuing my mission of helping others. I’ve grown into a woman with her own ideals and own convictions, which I just now realized has always been my goal in life. What I major in, what job I have, and who I marry will not confine my person to live a life where having one experience is

Overall, I truly believe that my high did a fantastic job on preparing me for my college education. I still go back to visit my teachers to seek advice, and to chat with them because they all had a great impact on my life. The school did such a great job with the material been stronger and more challenge, along with the wonderful teachers who always took the time to go the extra mile and finally to show and install in me how much respect means for college and my future. John Johnson says it best someone has to be creative and persistent to succeed, and I believe Peninsula Catholic is doing just

Detroit. A few years ago, I only saw a skeleton of a city, afflicted with crime and hunger. It took a hero to transform my view, someone who would put aside their hesitation for the benefit of others and understand people regardless of their differences. My mother tutors children in inner-city Detroit. I am also her student. Through her insight and passion, I have learned to love many different parts of Michigan, and – more importantly – understand and respect all of its residents.

Winter break was around the corner, and I had made each child a small plaque with their name on it. As all of the children gathered around to collect their plaques, one student said “I'm going to keep this forever.” That's when I realized, moments like that is why I do this. When I finished my degree at Cortland, I became a family life specialist at The Children's Home of Wyoming Conference. In this position, I taught, and provided care for underprivileged children, who had nowhere else to go. While there, I started a craft club, took children to the library, taught them life lessons, and took care of their general well- being. There are many stories to tell from the two years I spent there. Although some memories stick out more than others. I will never forget one of the little ones that I had a special bond with. She was having a very tough day at school one day, and would not settle down for any of the teachers or our staff. Other measures were going to be taken, when I asked if

These past four years have been a wonderful experience. I have learned, grown and matured into the woman I am today because of the lessons and talks I have had inside these four walls of Dillard University. The beginning of my senior year I was terrified, because I knew what I wanted to do but I did not want to fail at it. I was so afraid of failing, I did not allow myself to take risks and step out on faith. The fear of failing kept me from seeing the positive side of things and that crippled me. I had a conversation with Mr. Clark and he told me I could not fail if I didn’t try and that has stuck with me. He pushed and put a lot of pressure on me to apply to graduate school. To make him shut up and stop being on my case, I applied to six

One morning, I woke up and got an email saying I was going to be a teacher at Crawford Middle School, so I got ready and drove to the middle school. When I got there I went to the office and got assigned to the seventh grade science class. At first I was nervous because I had nothing at all planned for class. As I walked in all eyes turned toward me. I introduced myself and started to become less nervous.

Today, I went to Glenwood Leadership Academy before my scheduled tutoring time because I had got word that it was going to be cancelled. Therefore, I went during school hours to get my scheduled time in. It was interesting to go to the school whenever school was still in session because it was a completely different atmosphere. The second grade classroom I worked with had many students with IEP’s. It was interesting to see how the school day went. The teacher explained to me that she was absolutely drained from the class, but she never gave up. That is the kind of motivation I hope to one day have as a future educator. During the hour I was there, I got to go around the room and help the students with math. I also worked today with

Through National Honor Society, I was connected with the Literacy Network and was given the opportunity to tutor students at Carson Elementary, a local inner city school. Tutoring at Carson is the most gratifying moment of my week and I always leave feeling that I've made an impact on a child's life.

It was my junior year at Walden III High School, when I realized that attending Milwaukee was a possibility for me. As a student and an athlete, Milwaukee would be a great school for me. In high school I was a two sport athlete who maintained a grade point average of 3.7. I dropped one of my sports, basketball, to focus more on my studies and baseball. I still play baseball as a senior and I have lettered in it. I also managed to bring my G.P.A. up to a 3.75. Sports and school have gone hand-in- hand throughout my high school career.

In January of 2016, my life was going to be changed for the better, for my school work and the hope for myself too. Knowing that I was going to meet new people and now be able to graduate on time without having to worry. Little did I know coming to Metro West Learning Academy, changed my life forever and maybe not for the better. So how and why were the things that happened end up leading to one of the worst and best decisions of my life?

The summer after my sophomore year an experience changed me. I attended a Syracuse Summer College Program to study Fashion Design and Creative Writing. There I became friends with a small group of kids who were incredibly self motivated. Working with and around them inspired me to try harder.

I attended my entire schooling experience in Ashtabula Area City School District. When I was in school I always thought that we had a large heterogeneous 3402 students. After learning more about the AACS district, I learned that it is predominantly made up of a white/non-Hispanic (66.7%) population with Hispanic (13.9%), Multi-racial (11.4%), and students with disabilities (20.7%) making up other large portions of the enrollment. Although we do have different ethnicities that attend my district it is still primarily one ethnicity that makes up the district. Mobility of the students is another large factor in a districts statistics, for my district all students have a mobility rate of 11.2%. The top three highest mobility rates for Ashtabula’s

I still remember the day I shadowed in 4th grade and wanting to go back the next day! Unfortunately, I started my time at St. Mary’s in 6th grade, but the adventure I started after that, I will cherish and remember forever. When I started at St. Mary’s, I had no idea how much it would have an impact on my life. I still don’t know exactly what it was that has changed me… maybe the academics, amazing teachers, outstanding religious education, the striking kindness that everyone present has to offer or all of the above!

My time at Tidewater Community College was challenging and rewarding in various unexpected ways. I came to the realization I enjoyed learning more than previously believed. Becoming a mentor, of sorts, to my younger peers aided in finding my niche in the social dynamic, and I excelled in my new job position, as well as in my degree progress. I was exceedingly proud of myself when I graduated in 2008, Magna Cum Laude, with a GPA of 3.649, and earned not one AAS degree, but