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I am currently in my last semester of college (yay!) and have spent it student teaching in a fourth grade classroom at Los Amigos Elementary School in the Sunnyside School District. It is amazing and I love it and am emotionally drained by it all at the same time. Just as a little background info, it is not located in the nicest area of town and demographically 93% of the students at the school are Hispanic. Two in my class moved here from Mexico this year and speak very little English. 6 of 21 students are taking meds for either ADD or ADHD. Many of the students test far below grade level in math, writing and reading. Many of them have difficult home lives, which I find out more and more about every day.
This week we have been having parent/teacher conferences. I really, really worry for some of these children. I have grown very attached to them all and it really stresses and hurts me to hear things some of these poor kids go through. I am so mentally exhausted today after reeling and reeling over a few students in particular. I wish I could help more. ...I hope I atleast help some.
I'll probably come back to this and write some specific cases, but have thought about them so much already today, it makes me more tired just to think about them again without getting into detail right now.
I'm too lazy to edit now. I'll come back to this later.
This week we have been having parent/teacher conferences. I really, really worry for some of these children. I have grown very attached to them all and it really stresses and hurts me to hear things some of these poor kids go through. I am so mentally exhausted today after reeling and reeling over a few students in particular. I wish I could help more. ...I hope I atleast help some.
I'll probably come back to this and write some specific cases, but have thought about them so much already today, it makes me more tired just to think about them again without getting into detail right now.
I'm too lazy to edit now. I'll come back to this later.