Reflective Essay: Diversity In Elementary Schools
When I first started school at the very young age of six I remember stepping through the stone threshold and into a huge elementary school with diverse attributes like height, nationality, personality and race. It was amazing to see all the diverse people at the school including myself! I thought to myself that I wouldn’t fit into school with the other kindergarteners at first but I actually did because most of the kids in my class lived in my neighborhood. It felt so awesome to be in a diverse class with students that welcomed you with an open heart and even felt better to be getting an education than just sitting at home for five years and sleeping, eating, playing and drinking in a diaper. In the first few weeks of starting elementary school everything was good, I was happy to be away from home and socializing with new people and getting an education. After the
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This was a devastating truth that I found out because no one what to find out that their family member has cancer. When my mother was going through cancer I couldn’t stop think about her being in pain and sickness I just wanted to be by her side every hour of the day but I couldn’t because of school. During the time I was at school the only I could think about was if my family was ok especially my ill mother. When my mom was going through cancer I didn’t do so well in school because the only thing I had on my mind was my mom and wishing that I could help take her pain away and be by her side every day. About five or seven months later my mother’s breast cancer was in remission. This hardship in my life was a very difficult for me to deal with because I do not like to see anyone sad or in pain especially my parents. An obstacle that I am dealing with now is a hardship I would have never thought to have in a million
This was a devastating truth that I found out because no one what to find out that their family member has cancer. When my mother was going through cancer I couldn’t stop think about her being in pain and sickness I just wanted to be by her side every hour of the day but I couldn’t because of school. During the time I was at school the only I could think about was if my family was ok especially my ill mother. When my mom was going through cancer I didn’t do so well in school because the only thing I had on my mind was my mom and wishing that I could help take her pain away and be by her side every day. About five or seven months later my mother’s breast cancer was in remission. This hardship in my life was a very difficult for me to deal with because I do not like to see anyone sad or in pain especially my parents. An obstacle that I am dealing with now is a hardship I would have never thought to have in a million