Since the start of my senior year, I was given the mission to teach analphabet adults every weekend. People from low income families who could not afford a decent education and at a young age had to abandon school. I was ordered by my teacher to give Social Studies class on the 5th grade. First couple of weeks were pretty much a torture for me. It was a completely new experience to be a teacher, …show more content…
Sometimes it would take students 3 weeks to learn a subject and normally it takes one, what we would do with this special students was to designate a personal teacher to each of them that way they could learn things faster and in personal way if they had any questions. Most of them would deal with the pressure very well, others one abandoned the program because they would not feel capable enough to learn things in such a time. other students would abandon the program because of their availability, they would spend most of the day working and they did not had th excitement and/or energies to go to school.
At the end, I would like to say this was a once in a lifetime experience. I met people that I will probably never see again. Even more sad news are the program is not active anymore, it was cancelled by the Government. Somehow this program would help the students and teachers life. Students would be able to search for a better job with their diploma, on the other hand I learned a lot from this humble people and their lives. If I had the opportunity I would do it