I disagree with the Teaching Fellows scholarship that gives high school seniors an education in return for several years of teaching afterwards. What do you know at 17 or 18 that makes you want to teach? Maybe some people know, but you have to be in the classroom first.
My first venture into the classroom was at 19, working with 17 year olds. I tutored.
I hated the high school at first then I loved it. I got to see them graduate. Now they're 21. Crazy right?
I was promoted from tutor to tutor leader, scheduling and training tutors and going on trips with the kids. I chaperoned a college visit to Atlanta.
I loved working with this population.
I was forced to change though. I didn't think I could handle the more rural population at my student teaching placement, but they were great.
The seniors were tough, but I had one junior in my psych class; she was smart and awesome.
I enjoyed the cute freshmen in my world history honors class, but juniors ended up being my favorite... and I love U.S. history.
I subbed and decided I wanted to start off as an assistant at the preschool. I met great co-workers and had some lovely kids, but for the most part, I was miserable. I had no idea what I was getting myself into: rules, potty accidents, violence, neediness... the experience taught me this: I like high school.
Some days it was nice though, and I'll miss the smiles of the kids I had at the end of the day.
They grew on me.
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