“Hey Mr. Quinton can you help me read this?” At this moment in my life I realized that I’m not a child anymore, physically or mentally. I was in the predicament of actually helping real children. About two summers ago I began my volunteer service as a peer tutor, at a learning center, assisting with children ranging from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. On my first day of work I had no idea what to expect. I had gone through formal training to work with children and learned that each child is unique in their own way but I just didn’t know what lied ahead. Myself being the youngest child out of three, I never knew how to deal with children. I was the baby and the idea that I wasn’t the baby anymore shocked me. Other people in general always
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These qualities range from self-discipline, empathy, balance, and leadership. In order for the children to listen to myself, wither helping or directing, I must have self-discipline to carry myself. I found the trait of empathy due to each child being unique and having its own strengths and weaknesses. Most children at the learning center had disabilities mental and physical but I had to learn how to not let that impact their abilities to learn. For example, one of my students had dyslexia. We both knew that reading was going to be a challenge but we found new ways to over come common mistakes with actives such as: read-aloud, one on one reading and group reading. Just stepping back and realizing, “wow, I’m actually making a difference.”
Adulthood is defined as the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed. However adulthood is ultimately the mental change of the world. As the college experience quickly approach, I am still the same old Quinton, only an enhanced version to only better fit the big shoes of adulthood.
My outlook on life has changed due to working them children. Which in hand pushed me though the threshold of childhood to adulthood. Education is the key factor in this world and turning the table to better youth turn me into the man everyone knows
These qualities range from self-discipline, empathy, balance, and leadership. In order for the children to listen to myself, wither helping or directing, I must have self-discipline to carry myself. I found the trait of empathy due to each child being unique and having its own strengths and weaknesses. Most children at the learning center had disabilities mental and physical but I had to learn how to not let that impact their abilities to learn. For example, one of my students had dyslexia. We both knew that reading was going to be a challenge but we found new ways to over come common mistakes with actives such as: read-aloud, one on one reading and group reading. Just stepping back and realizing, “wow, I’m actually making a difference.”
Adulthood is defined as the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed. However adulthood is ultimately the mental change of the world. As the college experience quickly approach, I am still the same old Quinton, only an enhanced version to only better fit the big shoes of adulthood.
My outlook on life has changed due to working them children. Which in hand pushed me though the threshold of childhood to adulthood. Education is the key factor in this world and turning the table to better youth turn me into the man everyone knows