Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Working In High School

My overwhelming reaction to all of the activities so far in class and in our readings has been relief. It is so nice to be surrounded by people who can guide me in the right direction and also are passionate about the same thing I am. I suppose that it one of the things I am most excited about for when I am done with my lower level classes and I can be surrounded by people with the same passions. Even though I learn a lot from others majors and passions which they talked about a little bit in chapter 13, it’s still nice to be surrounded by positive supportive vibes. The sections in chapter 13 over working with colleges, I thought was very interesting. When I visualized working in a classroom someday, I sort of visualized being locked in a …show more content…
In my rush to imagine I had totally forgotten my experience in high school and my observations. All of my teachers interacted with each other and it was not strange to see them pop into a …show more content…
In my high school years, my parents only came to the school once or twice I think I could feel a difference in relationships with the teachers. Parent teacher nights and the relationship that comes from that, I think helps connect the student and teacher because it clears up a mysterious part of the equation for the teacher. Even if the meeting is only for 15 minutes, I have seen teachers stop and talk to students for 30 minutes because they met their student’s parent and something new came out of that. I guess based on my own experience in high school I also forgot to factor in the parents into my classroom. That’s two important parts that I have totally skipped over. I would have to ask how important that parent interaction is in high school. That is a time that many kids are driving themselves around, making plans and deciding colleges which none of those activities are that parent focused. I don’t see it being as important as middle and grade school but still a good tool to