Community Service In Public Schools

When I first started service at Mohawk elementary I was kind of taken back at first and I didn't really connect with the kids, and I was only there to do the community service and I didn't actually connect with the kids. After a while I began to grow with the kids and I began to learn their stories and their experiences and I really started to see them as more than just being there for me to get service they were people and they have their own challenges and their own difficulties and I was there to help them with those things and not only let them grow but also to let myself grow with them. Even after doing a service for a whole year I still recognize but I'm kind of holding back and I'm not fully connected with the kids, but it has gotten …show more content…
There were eight students all ranging in different grades, but yet they all learned the same material at the same pace in the same classroom. There were no specialized classes for each individual; they all took the same science, math, and everything because they just didn't have the resources to make specialized classes like the Vanguard school does or Notre Dame School. There was one classroom for eight students ranging from second grade to six grade and they all are learning the same curriculum at the same pace with the same types of learning techniques. Not only was their age and grades different but the spectrum of special needs that they have are drastically different. Some of my kids have no problem reading and writing the material while others have major problems reading the material and understanding material but they're both still learning at the same rate with the same teaching methods. One of the students my class is deaf so she cannot hear what the teachers saying and they do have visuals for her but it's very limited so she's not learning at the same rate as the other students. The most confusing thing for me is all the students are in different grades but they're learning the same curriculum. So when you're in the upper grades are you just relearning the stuff that you've already covered since it's the same curriculum? It's not that there's bad teaching which is the school doesn't have the resources to input into this special education program. Also the families of the students are probably not in the best financial situations and they're not able to send a kid to a more specialized school like Vanguard school or Notre Dame School. The resources at the school are very limited so it's hard for the teachers to give the students what they need with such a little budget that they have for the class. I think experiencing this social injustices kind