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My Professional Dream At Margaret Beeks Elementary School

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When I graduate college, I aspire to instruct elementary school where I would mold young students to have strength, intelligence, and optimism akin to mine and embrace the world. I dream of evoking tenacious character traits out of each student to encourage him or her to succeed and progress far in life with elevated standards for him or herself. That was the entirety of my goal when I started college, however, my professional dream altered during my volunteering at Margaret Beeks Elementary School.
Seeking to gain experience to further my dream of an educator, I reached out to this elementary school close to Virginia Tech. I implored about a tutoring opportunity within a classroom, and with the best of luck I received it; I would visit the classroom for part of the lesson and then review it with students as needed. Positioned in a third-grade class, I embarked on my journey as a “teacher” to these students for the time being. Tentative yet eager, I envisioned my first day by recalling my third-grade experience, a year I would be reluctant to trade because it was truly …show more content…

Students continued picking fights with each other and creating disruptions and hardly anyone could get such valuable knowledge out of the lesson. As the teaching struggled on, I gradually comprehended how these children did not have such a strong enthusiasm for school as I had which shattered my heart. My heart further shattered when it came for me to take my role as the eager tutor and see these students proliferate with understanding. Instead, the children complained about the workload, argued the purpose, and ultimately refused the work at times. Honestly, part of me felt defeated seeing so many at such a youthful age lose interest in a life of learning. I inundated that feeling the second it rose for I was not the one lacking a love for

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