Potomac Lighthouse Has Taught Me A Lot

Tutoring at Potomac Lighthouse has definately helped me with our college writing seminar course. Being able to have many accounts of hands on experience has given more insight into many issues surrounding the D.C. charter schools. Because my first paper was about the D.C.P.S, the charter school experience didn't really help me write that particular paper; but, I had a lot of fun doing it. Now, for this third project, I can write with more knowledge. I have visited the school many times and I feel like I have more than enough information to develop a good paper.
As for my professional life, I will certainly take everything I'v learned at the charter school and apply it to my job. This will be very easy to do because I am going to be a teacher. While observing different classes from my time there, I've learned a lot from the teachers and students. I have a better sense of what may be effective and what may not. For example, something that I've seen work at the school is the "traffic light" system. Each student has a traffic light that indicates their behavior--it basically means green for good, yellow for average, and red for bad. I've noticed that these students pride themselves on their color, and thus their behavior. That's something that I may use in my own classroom someday.