Personal Narrative: My Speech Therapy Classroom

Five years from now I hope my work environment scenario is somewhere in my speech therapy classroom at an elementary school. There will be funny motivational posters on the walls and lots of bright stimulating colors and decorations everywhere. There will be a little reading area in a corner with bean bags, a patterned rug, and a cubby style shelf filled with books for reading levels from pre-k to 7th grade. I’ll have a speech phonic flag banner at the front of the classroom with all the consonant blends and consonant digraphs and a cork board with a list of common issue articulation words. There’s no curriculum to follow so I’ll be free to create individualized lesson plans for each student. In this scenario, a student and I are sitting in the reading area celebrating
Without the constant unconditionally support and love from my cousin, I do not believe I would be able to turn my ideal scenario from above into a reality. He among a few others have been my strength when I am weak, my logic when I am without reason, and my focus when I’m scattered. I want to be that for my students. To emotionally hold their hand through their difficult journey and provide them the tools they need to succeed every day for the rest of their lives. I want to be as influential and invaluable to my student as my cousin is for me. In regards to the present discussion post, I admire the man’s frame of mind towards his selfless act. He felt that it was the “normal thing to do”. I want to create and foster that same type of attitude in my classroom. I want my students to understand and practice selflessness. Children are known to do as they see. I will strive to make myself a role model of unconditional kindness and generosity. Maybe then, years from now, I’ll read an article very similar to this one and recognize one of my students’ name. I’m ecstatic about the future ahead of