Educational experience as a Rec leader

During my last four summers I have had the pleasure of being a recreation leader. This job is very fun for someone who loves working with kids such as myself. I work with kids from the ages of 8-16, so the age difference is very big. I am at a park with mostly what they call the "troubled kids" these kids are known to have attitudes, to talk back and not to listen. My first year in working with these children i didn't really think much of it and now as the summers go by i start to look at it from a teachers standpoint. Most of them are good kids deep down they just seek attention from somebody older and they love getting the reactions from their peers. However after my first year i formed a good relationship with the children and they really listen to me and take my word for things. It is a very good program to keep kids busy from 8:30-1:30 during the summer days. It is a 3 month job and it is a city job so the tax payers and parents like to see it being done right and thats how I like to think I run my playground. I have had many people come up to work with me at the playground but after each year i get assigned somebody else mainly because they don't know how to get through to these kids. Going into next summer will be my 5th straight summer there and I couldn't be happier and wish for many more to come.

What brought me to SNHU

I went to visit my sophomore year of high school when my older cousin was looking at colleges. I loved it from the second I stepped on campus it just felt so homely. Everyone was so nice and greeting, holding doors for everyone. Most of the people on the tour seemed like they felt at home to. I actually met my first roommate that I lived with for two years on my second tour. I have always thought about being a teacher, and when I first came to SNHU I started to explore other fields to see if teaching was what I wanted to stick with and I loved the other classes and highly considered some but I knew deep down I wanted to stick with education.  

what was your experience like in elem/middle, high school

Coming from such a large city, my classes were always full of students. It was hard for an individual to receive the attention he or she needed if they needed help. Most of the time if you needed extra help it was hard to receive even when going to the teacher after school. It was hard to get to used a computer lab or library during classes because every class wanted to use one, so most of the time they were always booked. If you needed a book, most of the time the librarian had to schedule you in which made it very difficult at times.