Personal Narrative: My Childhood Memories Of Kindergarten

My earliest memories of my educational experience were unfortunately not very positive. I am sure that this has a lot to do with the fact that negative experiences are remembered much more strongly than positive ones, but nonetheless these are the main memories I personally recall. My first day of Kindergarten was very hard. I had not been in any form of day care or preschool setting. I had spent all the time before that moment at home with my mother. She was able to stay out of work due to the help of my grandparents, her mother and father, so there was no need for me to be away from her for any length of time until it was time for me to start Kindergarten. I can recall being dropped off by my mom and the feeling of terror from being …show more content…
Buying me the most popular and most expensive clothes just could not happen. She did the best she could and I was always clean and dressed appropriately, but this didn’t always translate to what was popular or acceptable to my peers. This meant that I was picked on for how I dressed. Colored socks, instead of white tube socks, is my earliest memory of being picked on. The rest of my outfits didn’t make me any more popular, unless you describe popular as being someone that others enjoyed making fun of, (by that standard I was very popular). I could go on and on, but I only mention this to set the scene for what was to become my earliest, and pretty much my only, educational experience: trying to get through each day without being picked on, instead of trying to learn and excel in my studies. My learning style was always based around how much I could learn without calling attention to myself, which meant I never raised my hand if I didn’t understand something and I never asked for extra help. I just struggled on my own and prayed each day that I wouldn’t be called on in class, and if I did I hoped I at least could give an answer. This was difficult when I was only good at procrastinating and many times not even doing the reading that was assigned. I waited until the last minute to do any papers I was assigned and even then I was lucky I was good at bullshit because I usually only read the summary or just …show more content…
I did so in a patient and caring manner, but my teaching style was limited to working with what was provided. While working for KidZone I was able to create my own curriculum based around what it was I had learned from my experience teaching the children in our home. The children learned from participating in and doing whatever it was we introduced to them. They learned best when what they were learning about was something they were interested in. This of course depended on the child. I do my best to incorporate the things my students enjoy into each month 's curriculum. This means being flexible with my written curriculum and at times eliminating things and substituting others to ensure that all of the children feel involved and a part of the class. I start each day with the thought that I’m not going to be too attached to the days project or activity. If the children seem to not be interested in what is talked about, read, or presented as the days project or activity, we will scrap it and do something different. This might mean just going outside and burning off energy, going on a nature walk, or turning a part of the room into a fort using blankets and whatever is at hand. I decided if we aren’t having fun then we need to do something else. Fortunately much of my curriculum can be modified or exchanged for something similar, but more accepting to the children. The flow of