Leticia
Not all kids have a safe or welcoming home, so I love being a safe place and person for them, so that they know they are loved and cared for
Not all kids have a safe or welcoming home, so I love being a safe place and person for them, so that they know they are loved and cared for
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I started off as a substitute teacher and got to know the kids and they told me how teachers never stayed for them and they went through so many teachers and had trust issues. I decided I didn't just want to be another person who let's them down, so I went back to school to become a certified teacher so that I could keep my class and kiddos, that way I would be their last teacher until they graduated. After they graduated I wanted to help more kids and stayed.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceThere are many memorable things about teaching but I think the biggest would be just creating a space where the kids felt comfortable enough to joke around, feel like they could be themselves and have the classroom feel like a big family. They would come in feeling insecure and quiet and to see the change of them opening up and being themselves was memorable.
What would you do with the $25,000?In all honesty I have debt from school to pay off, bills and expenses. I love being a teacher but we don't make enough for most living expenses.
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