Blog One

The first time I went to the charter school I really had no idea what to expect. I traveled with Elise and Nick who had both gone before, so they were explaining what it would be like. I thought that I would be working with the other kids in our class that were assigned to Butler but I was surprised to find out that I would be working alone.

After getting to the school I was assigned to work with the third grade teacher Ms. D. Stewart. There were only nine kids in her class which was initially surprising to me because I was used to classes that were much larger than that when I was in school. The first thing that we did was sing a song that they had been rehearsing for black history month. This was also odd for me because I had never had a teacher belt out a song in front of me before. Ms. Stewart was very apparently an outgoing, outspoken teacher. I almost would even consider her a little intimidating. I really didn’t know what to think about her after I left that first day.

After leaving the school I was excited to go back. I really enjoyed being around the kids and had already started to form bonds with some of them. It was also good to get a new perspective on D.C. outside the walls of American University.