Carroll County High School Research Paper

I decided when I was in the 6th grade that I wanted to go into the teaching profession. While I do not remember the name of the teacher that inspired my decision, I remember her face and how much she made me enjoy Social Studies. I originally wanted to teach math, but 10th grade math changed my mind and I settled into the English curriculum. College showed me just how much my teachers had hidden the immense amount of work that goes into teaching and I had many panic attacks about the workload. However, I stuck with it, graduated college, and began the job application process.
16 applications later, I accepted a position with the first school that would give me an interview. This school was an hour drive from where I lived and was a notoriously difficult area. Carroll County High School is a Title I school. I walked in very shy and afraid, and my students immediately noticed. They ate me up alive. Everyday gave me a new surprise regarding student behavior. I couldn’t believe it when a student handed me an assignment to grade that was filled to the brim with curse words, or when a student called me a terrible word to my face, or when my very first parent phone call ended with the parent asking me what I, a 24 year old childless teacher, thought she should do about her …show more content…
The commute is both exhausting and expensive, but I have a hard time imagining myself teaching in a different school district. Our English department has created a fantastic vertically aligned program that pushes students to learn to think for themselves and to then turn this thinking into academic writing. I have built some very strong relationships with the students as well as the teachers in the building. I have learned so much about who I am and what I am willing to accept in my life. My time in that building has changed me into a positive person, despite all of the injustice and failure I see in the