Essay On Early Intervention

Growing up, reading and writing was never ignored, but they were also never a priority in my family. As a single mother raising three boys, my mom tried to keep them occupied the best she could, and that was through sports. I, being the only girl of course, was forced to spend long nights and days at football fields and basketball courts. As a little girl homework was always rushed through to get to four o’clock practice on time. It’s hard raising young black men in America today; therefore, I don’t blame my mother for focusing so much on my bothers and not emphasizing my poor reading and writing skills. As time went on my mother started to focus on me and my abilities and less on my brothers. My teachers noticed major learning issues I faced in class, and with the permission of my mother, placed me in Early Intervention. Early Intervention was a program that improved kids with early developmental issues with special help to fix these issues. Unlike all the other kids, twice a week I took physical and occupational therapy and most importantly, every day I took speech …show more content…
Patterson strived for us to do well on our AP exams, that was not his only goal in class. He wanted to open our eyes to the world of literacy though classic American novels. We read a number of different books including The Sun Also Raises, The Bluest Eye, Frankenstein, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and The Color Purple. These books challenged us as students, pushing most out of their comfort zone. Mr. Patterson didn’t care if these books were banned, risking his teaching career on a day to day basis. These books were raw and true, and he shared them with us, hoping we could take away something from them. Toward the end of each class we would have a Socratic seminar. We pushed all the desks, together forming a huge circle around the classroom and for forty minutes we would have intellectual debates. Mr. Patterson gave us a chance to speak our minds and formulate our own ideas