Prompt 7

Doing my Service Learning at Charlotte Woods Elementary definitely skewed my teaching ability for the better. Growing up without much diversity made me conscious of inner-city schools and how much more attention they need as opposed to rural schools. Doing my SL there, it also expanded my patience that was once very short with small children. I never used to have a lot of patience for small children - hence the reason why I want to teach High School English. However, Mrs. Caliri's classroom completely changed my outlook and I am very grateful for that. Volunteering there completely opened my eyes to the way inner city schools are as opposed to rural schools. The setting (lack of green grass and jungle gyms), lack of funds (free lunches, books that are not great condition, etc), the way students are taught (they are learning the english language), lack of parental participation,etc... I think the more VIPS students go to inner-city schools, the more our generation could hopefully raise enough awareness to schools that seem to be swept under the rug when they are the schools that should be paid attention to the most.