Eyes. Eyes were staring back at me. Some glazed without a care in the world, others attentive yet still not caring, while others were lit with passion and anger.
My palms were sweating and my heart was racing as I stood up and looked at my class. I was used to being in front of them. I wasn't just their Sunday school teacher, but one of their teachers for the annual summer camp my church holds. It is there that I direct their grade level skit requiring me to get up and interact with them. I don't normally get nervous when standing in front of people. I have been performing in plays since I was seven. Being in front of a crowd is easy, but this time was different. This time it was a sensitive topic, a topic that until recently hadn't been discussed frequently at my church. All of that changed when the Supreme Court ruled that under the Fourteenth Amendment, marriage equality is legal in all 50 states.
We're a Coptic Orthodox Church. Orthodox comes from "ortho" meaning straight and this Supreme Court ruling was not the straight path we had all grown up on. I knew these kids were struggling with how to feel: whether they should succumb …show more content…
These programs have helped me develop into the person I am today. I am someone who grows, learns, and is open-minded to the situations I face. I am willing to learn, not just from my teachers in school but from my everyday interactions with people as well as the mistakes I make. That is what I did with my opinion on homosexuality. I learned from my experiences with my peers that are homosexual, I grew into a person that was more accepting and a person that doesn't automatically judge others. I don't take back what I said to my students because I knew it was the right thing to say even though my religion may not agree with
My palms were sweating and my heart was racing as I stood up and looked at my class. I was used to being in front of them. I wasn't just their Sunday school teacher, but one of their teachers for the annual summer camp my church holds. It is there that I direct their grade level skit requiring me to get up and interact with them. I don't normally get nervous when standing in front of people. I have been performing in plays since I was seven. Being in front of a crowd is easy, but this time was different. This time it was a sensitive topic, a topic that until recently hadn't been discussed frequently at my church. All of that changed when the Supreme Court ruled that under the Fourteenth Amendment, marriage equality is legal in all 50 states.
We're a Coptic Orthodox Church. Orthodox comes from "ortho" meaning straight and this Supreme Court ruling was not the straight path we had all grown up on. I knew these kids were struggling with how to feel: whether they should succumb …show more content…
These programs have helped me develop into the person I am today. I am someone who grows, learns, and is open-minded to the situations I face. I am willing to learn, not just from my teachers in school but from my everyday interactions with people as well as the mistakes I make. That is what I did with my opinion on homosexuality. I learned from my experiences with my peers that are homosexual, I grew into a person that was more accepting and a person that doesn't automatically judge others. I don't take back what I said to my students because I knew it was the right thing to say even though my religion may not agree with