My first exposure to teaching in a disadvantaged, at-risk school was during my junior service course. I spent nearly three hours every week tutoring in a North Omaha grade school, which is located in an economically disadvantaged part of the city. Students are predominantly non-white, poor and many are raised by single parents. As I drove there, I was dismayed by neighborhoods of …show more content…
It sounds cliché, but I do want to make the world a better place, and that starts with one child at one point in time. I firmly believe that what I can learn from the education program at Loyola is how to channel those values into a realistic mindset that addresses inequality in education and advocates for equal opportunities for all children. It will be important for me to develop the skills for solid classroom instruction, but I believe it will be especially important to understand educational policy and how the political environment influences all aspects of the process. The grade school children with whom I worked were very appreciative and respectful, and they deserve equal opportunities to learn and advance their future like other