LaShonda Valentine
Reflection Paper #1
“Why I want to enter into the counseling field?”
I find it very interesting how I was one of those kids who had the mind frame of “When I grow up I want to be....” My dream job from when I was in the 2nd grade was to become a dentist. I have always been so fascinated about all the neat and cool things that took place inside of the dental office. Time passed and things changed. My high school counselor was one of my motivators.
I found it to be neat to be working with different grade levels and to be able to give back to your community. This past summer I resigned from my job as a preschool teacher assistant and decided to pursue my career. I am to the point in my life where I have reached that dead …show more content…
I make sure that I share a lot about myself in a respectable manner so that they can understand that I am there for a passion and not a paycheck. I specifically want to work in the urban school district because I was born and raised in the urban school district and will always want to give back to my community. Even if I was to move out of Kansas City I still would want to only work in an urban school district because I understand and have experienced the struggle that a lot of the kids maybe going through. One of the things I asked the freshmen I work with this school year that I hear often is that teachers don’t understand nor do they care about kids, I wanted them to elaborate on this for a …show more content…
I have shared with them how with my summer school class my final paper was required to be 14-18 pages long. With me encouraging the students to do the best they can be I have heard 3 of them this school year already refer to me as being their favorite teacher. Even though we have been in school for just a month it really lets me know that I am doing something right and I have touched three children in some shape or form. Yes, I do want to come out the classroom and work more one on one with students as their school counselor but I will never forget the experience they gave me while being in the classroom and learning from
Reflection Paper #1
“Why I want to enter into the counseling field?”
I find it very interesting how I was one of those kids who had the mind frame of “When I grow up I want to be....” My dream job from when I was in the 2nd grade was to become a dentist. I have always been so fascinated about all the neat and cool things that took place inside of the dental office. Time passed and things changed. My high school counselor was one of my motivators.
I found it to be neat to be working with different grade levels and to be able to give back to your community. This past summer I resigned from my job as a preschool teacher assistant and decided to pursue my career. I am to the point in my life where I have reached that dead …show more content…
I make sure that I share a lot about myself in a respectable manner so that they can understand that I am there for a passion and not a paycheck. I specifically want to work in the urban school district because I was born and raised in the urban school district and will always want to give back to my community. Even if I was to move out of Kansas City I still would want to only work in an urban school district because I understand and have experienced the struggle that a lot of the kids maybe going through. One of the things I asked the freshmen I work with this school year that I hear often is that teachers don’t understand nor do they care about kids, I wanted them to elaborate on this for a …show more content…
I have shared with them how with my summer school class my final paper was required to be 14-18 pages long. With me encouraging the students to do the best they can be I have heard 3 of them this school year already refer to me as being their favorite teacher. Even though we have been in school for just a month it really lets me know that I am doing something right and I have touched three children in some shape or form. Yes, I do want to come out the classroom and work more one on one with students as their school counselor but I will never forget the experience they gave me while being in the classroom and learning from