its official..i have been a resident of wisconsin for exactly one month! i cant believe that i have made it through 4 entire weeks of being back in the midwest- needless to say, i am pleased :)
at the center today, i worked a lottttt on reading with the students. it made me think about my own time in elementary and middle school and how lucky i was/am for having been able to be educated in the setting i was educated in. it is something that i have most definitely taken for granted and i am now just realizing how lucky i was to have teachers who wanted to see me succeed, an environment that promoted success, and parents that constantly supported whatever it was that i was pursuing.
the kids here struggle. they struggle at school with reading and writing and math, the same things that most kids their age struggle with. but they also struggle at home. they dont live in homes where they are told they can be anything they want to be, or with parents who have the time and energy to sit down with them and go over their homework, or in an area where they can play outside whenever they want and not have to worry about being safe.
part of me feels sad for the students that i work with because they are constantly working against the odds. and then i remind myself that this is all the more reason to invest myself in what i am doing here and really work to inspire and motivate these students to reach their full potential.
i am most definitely learning and growing and i can tell! and thats good news! so far i think its been a good first month- im excited to see what the future has in store!
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