For our latest project, the students had to talk about their heritage, answering the following questions:
1. Who are you?
2. Where are you from?
3. Why are you proud of this place/your heritage?
4. What is one thing you wish other people understood about your culture?
Here's one student's response:
My name is...I'm 14 years old. I'm in the 7th grade and my hobbies are running, drawing, and eating. I'm from Mexico. I don't know what part of Mexico though. I'm proud because this makes me Mexican. I'm also proud cause I know Spanish. I wish other people knew that most Mexicans are gothic.
Gothic? I asked.
Student: Yeah...I needed to finish.
Me: Is this true?
Student: No.
Me: Ok, how about your write something else that's TRUE to close your paragraph.
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Whether it was my misconceptions of kids, teaching, me, or all three, I'm not sure, but a Teacher was the last thing I thought I'd be. I knew I wanted to be more involved in my community, but was unable to find a job. Desperate, I decided to work as a Substitute, but then my eyes saw: BILINGUAL SPECIALIST; Love kids and their culture, help with English. Not only has teaching been a blast as I have been able to share life with 40 K-8th graders, but I am a better person because of THEM!
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