Educational Autobiography
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- At 4 years old I was very advanced in all school subjects such as reading, spelling, counting, etc. It was time for kindergarten!
- I can't wait to get to know you Aly!
- ......
- Despite my excitement, I quickly became homesick/ shy and wouldn't say a word the entire school day, due to anxiety.
- My lack of talking led my teacher to believe that I had a learning delay, when that wasn't the case. I was just a little girl with anxiety.
- Okay Aly, for our first test I need you to count from 1-100!
- .....
- Aly is extremely delayed compared to the other children, she needs some extra help.
- No! She's just nervous around you!
- I'm going to have Aly get up in front of the class twice a week and share something about herself!
- I finished out the year more shy than before, and as first grade rolled around my new teacher devised a plan to get me to speak up in class. A plan that did more bad than good. Although it sounds simple, this resulted in tears every night, and dreading going to school the next day.
- She's not going to like that....
- Yay Aly you got Mrs. Marr for 3rd grade!
- YAY!!!
- 1st grade absolutely destroyed my confidence, and second grade was the exact same. I hated going to school, and I hated that my teachers made me feel so nervous. I begged my mom to homeschool me, but she made me stick it out for one more year.
- Mrs. Marr was a friend of my mom's, so I had known her for quite a long time!
- My 3rd grade year was a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders. My mom & teacher worked together to make a plan that allowed me to come out of my shell slowly, rather than throwing me off the deep end. As I began to answer more questions in class, and participate in small activities, I realized that I really did love school, all because of a teacher that took the time to understand me.
- Would anyone like to volunteer to read for the class?
- I will! I will!
- I also made new friends!
- The rest of my education had been a breeze. I fell in love with getting good grades, and overall fell in love with being at school. I had many great teachers who were able to change my past perspective that "teachers don't care about their students," to something more positive. While I did have a negative childhood education experience, that doesn't mean my teachers were bad, it simply means that those teachers were not the right match for me. Now as I started planning my career, being an educator stood out heavily as I wanted to be a positive role model for children like Mrs. Marr was for me. It's not an easy job, especially when dealing with students like me, but knowing how thankful I am for my experience makes me believe it would all be worth it.
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