My First Graduation Speech

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In 2011, I started working at my first school as a Before & After Care Counselor... Two weeks later I was promoted and became the Before & After Care Director at the ripe age of 21. Two years later I became a fourth-grade teacher and then three years later I became the Mathematic Intervention Specialist for middle school.

This speech was written while I was attending Barry University (my second alma mater) during my second attempt at a master's program. I was tasked with writing a speech as is I was the principal of a school and it could be for any occasion. I instantly decide that there was no other group of students that I would write this speech for. I had to write for my originals, the students that I watched grow from second graders to becoming my first class of students during my first year teaching.

This speech is the first of many speeches that I have given and it was the gateway to something that was beyond excellent. Those students will forever be "my students", my "babies", and "my joys". I always want to know that they are doing well and pursuing their dreams. Most importantly I know that every student in that room and every family left the nest feeling that they will always have someone that cares for them and a place to call home.

Christmas made easy:Preschool Edition

I am not the best at Arts and Crafts but I do like to create memories that surround an activity I do. My signature is "Keep-Sake-T-Shirts". While working at a preschool I tried very hard to come up with inexpensive ways to create a great activity for the students and something fun for me. I came to realize that when I enjoyed the activity so did the students, it seemed like they loved it even more if I did. Here are a few samples of the shirts that the "Butterfly Class" created.

Holiday shirts:

Begin by designing the shirts and allow one side to dry thoroughly before turning over to decorate the other side. Place cardboard inside the T-shirt, in order to keep the fabric paint from seeping through to both sides. Use stencils to create the design and patterns. And always remember, it's better to be simple and safe than over done and ruined!

Easter Keep-Sake T-Shirt

Easter with the "Butterfly Class".

Fight Night?

It seems that there is always something new going on in the education arena. This time, though, a teacher took that idea literally. In Los Angeles a substitute teacher for a probation camp decided to make let the juveniles fight and to regulate the fights. Although there are plenty of times that there a fights in the classroom and teachers do not jump in but call security to handle the issue, I have never heard of this. Up until this point I have seen a lot of different situations that teachers did not act appropriately, this somehow is a whole new blow,literally. 


Here is a link to the article: Teacher Busted For Running Fight Club With Students

At the end of the day if you are not ready to uphold a good morale standing please do not place yourself in the life of children. Being a parent is different than being a teacher, and vice versa. Many times people feel that they can do both but it is not the same. There are a lot of boundaries that teachers can not cross and it seems to be getting blurred.

Although the students that were in this facility are more prone to violence does not mean that a fight club. I am not sure as to where the world will end up but I do know that I do not want to be like any of these educators that have failed the system of education.

That is all. I am lost by the actions of these people.