The goal of this yearly program is to help students use their classroom knowledge to solve real world problems, and to create sustainable economic growth in Dangriga (which is a small, economically depressed, coastal village). I joined in order to work with the education team, so that I could receive training and gain experience teaching students. Learning to create lesson plans and working with peers in the education field definitely matched my personality and interests, but leading a lesson with the third grade students at a small elementary school in town most solidified my desire to become a teacher. The students, despite their personal and socioeconomic challenge, brimmed with excitement and passion for learning; they engaged well with me and in turn helped to make my first lesson plan a success. I was energized by their appetite for learning, and it was there that I decided that I wanted to pursue a career in education so that I could keep tapping into this youthful and unbridled desire for
The goal of this yearly program is to help students use their classroom knowledge to solve real world problems, and to create sustainable economic growth in Dangriga (which is a small, economically depressed, coastal village). I joined in order to work with the education team, so that I could receive training and gain experience teaching students. Learning to create lesson plans and working with peers in the education field definitely matched my personality and interests, but leading a lesson with the third grade students at a small elementary school in town most solidified my desire to become a teacher. The students, despite their personal and socioeconomic challenge, brimmed with excitement and passion for learning; they engaged well with me and in turn helped to make my first lesson plan a success. I was energized by their appetite for learning, and it was there that I decided that I wanted to pursue a career in education so that I could keep tapping into this youthful and unbridled desire for