Personal Narrative: Mrs. Cindy Transgender Class

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As I entered into Mrs. Cindy Rodgers classroom, I felt the fear come back, I do not think I can work with students of this age. 3rd-grade students, I felt lost and out of place. 22 students, around 9 years of age, just don’t seem to be my forte. But on the other note, this class definitely surprised me. With 14 girls and only 8 boys, the class was sat up on a totally different way than I have ever seen a class. Most of the time, classrooms are sat up in rows, with each student 1 behind the other. This class was split up in 4 different groups, with 2 boys in each group. This kept the classroom evenly distributed but allowed the boys to have someone interact with, and share personalities with. But what really took me by surprise was

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