Personal Narrative: My Interview With A High School Teacher

Now let’s quickly close this protracted (slide rule scaled) essay by skipping over the gaping and barren caldera that is my Public School education, where I studiously avoided the pre-med Math and Science track - since I don’t plan on becoming a doctor or a mathematician, in favor of Castle’s (almost but not quite) nationally recognized Media Arts Program - since I do plan on pursuing the Arts, diving deep into the (Liberal) Arts and Languages - Pidgin, Spanish, French, English & Writing classes, to emulate the trail-blazing trajectory of my older (and similarly math-phobic) sister Maria, so like her I too might procure a Kenyon Film degree and secure my fame and fortune and everything that goes with it - I thank you all (and one day The Academy)

The atmosphere in the room was calming, the feeling only amplified by two people who were warmed by the sun’s gentle rays that peeked through the long window almost, as if the sun knew how much a welcoming environment was needed for Mrs. Schwery’s interview to remain professional and light. In her attire of a black sweater and jeans she settled down at her desk in anticipation of the upcoming questionnaire to glean information about her past college experiences, growing more as a person because of those events. Her time at college was paved with obstacles and adversities that she needed to face both academically and personally, in her at home life.

I was in 7th grade and didn't know everything was about to change. My mother wanted to get a job and this meant she wouldn't be able to be my teacher anymore. My parents decided, after three years of homeschooling to send me to public school. This was so it would be easier for my mother to get a job and not have to deal with being our teacher as well, because that would be too stressful. I didn't know very many people and wasn't used to being with large amounts of people for long periods of time. Eventually, I got settled in and started to make friends.

I interviewed a second grade teacher Ms. Hayes in James elementary school. This school was my kids’ school so I know most the teachers who work there. Ms. Hayes was a very nice and respectful lady who was welcome to interview her and make my observation about second grader. In that time I spent four hours with cute and smart students. Ms. Hayes’ classroom has twenty student’s seven girls and thirteen boys along with a wide variety of cultures. There were many different religious beliefs, family backgrounds, nationalities, races, social classes, and personality’s, represented in the class. The second grade classroom is a clean, decorate and has a lot of teaching technology devices and supplies which are very useful. Ms. Hayes has many technology

This is my 6th year at Mckeel Academy! I am certified in math 5-9, Social Sciences 6-12, k-6 Elementary, Middle Grades Integrated, and K-12 Art. I graduated from USF with a degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. I've had the pleasure of interacting with Trynelle throughout every year of her high school career. During her freshman year, I taught her Algebra 1 Honors and the years following she returned to be my Teacher's Assistant as well as take my Creative Photography course in her junior year.

In middle school we all used to hang out at the Cambridge city park in the summertime, we would ride around on our bikes and be hooligans. We were always fairly well behaved we would just ride around maybe play catch or watch the baseball games. After the 4th of july we all had fireworks and would mess around blowing stuff up, and just being annoying to everyone around us. Sometimes we would get roman candles and bottle rockets and shoot them at each other which was always fun. Well one day at the park we were using the restroom and i hear a lighter spark up and a fuse start burning, my buddy had thrown a m100 into the toilet. After it had went off there was water everywhere and the toilet was busted in half it was pretty cool to watch but

I was once employed as a tutor by a community college, and one of our responsibilities was to tutor a group of high school students. One of the high school students I tutored was also of Hispanic ethnicity who had to move to Tennessee due to his family being displaced by a hurricane. The student was unable to concentrate at home due to them having a chaotic living environment because of too many individuals living in the student’s home. This led to disorganized and disruptive behaviors by the student, and eventually to academic struggles. Though my role as a tutor did not allow me to talk to the family as a group, I did coordinate with the high school counselor regarding the student’s behavior and the counselor eventually brought the family

This interview had to be the most difficult to schedule. The administrator that I interviewed was Mrs. Kate Thornton, the Vice Principal at Chapman high School. Mrs. Thornton is also the activities coordinator for Chapman high school. Mrs. Thornton herself has a background teaching English, but she also has a speech/theatre background and licensure. I decided to interview her because after my interview with Mrs. Erickson, my cooperating teacher, she ensured me that Mrs. Thornton would love to do it. A little back ground information, Mrs. Thornton is Mrs. Erickson’s daughter, so she was basically volunteered by her mother. I have been doing my practicum placement in chapman so it was also convenient for me seems how I was there every day. After numerous attempts at emailing and scheduling a meeting with Mrs. Thornton, her mother talked to her and I was finally able to be squeezed into her busy schedule. So finally, on November 2, 2017 I was able to have my third and final interview.

Writing is an important part of our lives. Regardless what profession who chose to get a degree in, writing is essential for you to succeed. I have always wanted to be a coach in high school for basketball. In order for me to achieve this, I must also be a teacher. I chose to interview a close family friend that is currently a teacher in Ector County. I went up to the school where she is currently a teacher at and met her after her classes were over for the day. I wanted to make sure she was in a comfortable environment so that she could feel at ease.

The class I am tutoring is a 3rd grade classroom at Palmers Elementary. Mrs Keri Shivle is the teacher of the classroom. I tutor Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30pm. The times i'm in the classroom the students are always reading or doing an language art activity. The times i have been in the classroom i been working with three students. One is Jakiey and Lavonta and sometimes i work with Angeli. I do different things with them such as helping them with homework or reading to them and then having them read it back to me. We also play games such as vocabulary ones, phonics.

She figured the kids were all nice and not in poverty, because this was a nice part of long beach, but she was wrong. The assumptions don’t stop there, the kids thought she was a snobby white teacher. This makes the students just think the teacher is going to be horrible and they don’t want any part of her. Throughout high school my family have had a lot of problems that did not directly affect

In conclusion, my high school year taught me less than I expected. Both my freshman and sophomore year sucked because I was taught nothing. But all four years did help me one way or another. My freshman year, although I wasn't taught very much, it helped me create a self-taught process for me to get through. Researching all my worksheets given to me helped me in a great way, and made me teach myself what my teachers couldn't. My sophomore, I took my self-taught process to a better level, I began making it easier for me to understand and learn. Because my teachers didn't put a lot of effort in, it taught me hard work and to strive to create an easier

For this interview I decided to come to my first year seminar teacher, Mr. Lusk. Born on February 7th is Adam Lusk he currently lives in Media, PA and is an excellent teacher at Rosemont College. Teaching First year seminar which includes helping Freshman on challenges and how to resolve them. Student led discussions with speaking on topics that can help others overall is the main focus of his class. Graduating from Temple University with a PHD also now acquiring 14 years of teaching experience.

This latter is to tell you what I hope to happen, what I expected, and what I learned durry the school. There maybe one or two questions here and there.

In year 2016, I graduated from United High school a class of almost 1,000 students. Our school had two campuses: the 9th grade campus and the main campus for 10th-12th grade. The campus has two levels, when climbing the stairs and walking through halls the people were shoulder to shoulder and followed less than two feet away from each other. The building was packed with students. At lunch, the students lined up along the walls outlining the room that extend towards the main hallway of the school. The school offered as much supplies, materials, and assistance to students as possible. There was an instance where a school staff member offered folders, pencils, a journal etc to anyone that needed it. In classrooms, teachers include modern technology