Our Kids Are Unique

Over the years I have changed my major back and forth from nursing to social worker and back to nursing, now I have decided what it is I really what to do. Only after taking my last microbiology class. I want to be a High School Academic Counselor! I  know I sound like I'm going on the MTV show called "MADE" but  I'm not, I'm doing it the old school way by hard work and lots of counseling classes. I knew as a young girl that I wanted to help my community some kind of way. I guessed that since everyone else in my family was in the medical field that nursing just fit. Well, sorry, I feel that to do your work correctly and with passion one will have to love what they do. That is why I quit my job as a professional business sales person and ran back to school. I didn't want to work anymore! I wanted a career, something that I truly loved to do! something that I didn't mind getting up for.

I feel high school counseling fit's me best, I see myself begin very passionate about the injustice in our school system such as Oakland Unified School District. I see so many talented young women and men that just wonder around UN-inspired. It's sad. I do believe that our school system is failing our children by not allowing them to honestly grow. They push discipline down there throats, but not fully understanding that each child is unique and has to be taught different.

I can remember teaching my oldest son to spell him name by bouncing a basketball, I taught my daughter how to spell her name by writing in a check book, I taught my youngest how to spell his name by buying a amp and a micro phone and we made a rap " A_N_T_H_O_N_Y that' my name, that's my name!"  As I said before, each child is different and if I can catch them in high school a time when the world looks so black and white I feel that I can give them some hope that things can be the way they want it to be.  This blog will chronicle my journey toward a career in high school counseling. Along the way, I’ll be writing about the issues in education that I feel must be addressed, and I’ll be writing about how counselors are uniquely positioned to help solve these issues.