Since my freshman year, when I began to learn about issues of inequality in urban education, I had considered teaching in inner city schools. Later, when I was lit on fire with social justice and activism, I was certain that I would at least start in urban education, if not commit my career to it entirely. Inner city schools, from everything I have read, seemed to be where the greatest population of students needed dedicated teachers the most, and I want to be that dedicated teacher.
I think education is the most effective way to empower young people and prepare them for their futures, and in some cities, education is the only chance students have. In short, I need to be there. But there’s one catch: I’m not from there, and have no idea what living or teaching in an urban city (not a suburban city like where I grew up) is all about. Conclusion: dive in. I figured if urban schools are as tough as everyone says (“you’re going to teach where?”) I should start right away, in my student teaching, when I at least have the opportunity to work with a teacher who will (theoretically) facilitate my transition into what is essentially a new world under the same American flag.
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