Exemplification Essay: Volunteering At Howard Elementary School

Last year, in August I found out my father had been cheating on my mother. April 18,2017 my parents had officially become divorced. This meant after 15 yrs. , my mother was going back to work. For me, this meant a drastic increase in responsibility. Quite frequently, in the mornings I have to wake up early to get my fourteen year old brother off to school. If I hurry him too much he will get frustrated and if we move too slow, I will be late to school. I come home in the evenings, and regardless of how I feel, one of my first priorities is to see how my little brother is doing. He gets bullied sometimes and doesn’t have very many friends. I volunteer at my church, in the preschool classroom. Occasionally I teach lessons but I also hand out snack, and intervene when needed to help create positive conflict resolution. I also read books to them.Volunteering at my church was something I grew to love because at first I was super awkward and it seemed perhaps even a little minatory though eventually I relaxed tremendously. Working with the children does tend to tucker me out when we have too many kids and not enough teachers.
Every other Friday my sophomore year, and last year every Friday, my whole AVID class would go to Howard Elementary and spend time with the 3rd graders. Howard is my old elementary school and in many ways, like home. Both me and my little brother went there so most of the teachers know me. Currently , the teacher’s classroom that I volunteer in used to be my 3rd grade teacher. Her name is Allison Kreider. When I visit my 3rd grade buddie, we don’t always get much done because we talk a lot. That is the part I enjoy the most- not to mention the drawing, writing and editing we get to do. I know for a fact that I have benefitted as my social skills have much improved. It certainly is interesting seeing children mature over the course of a school year and to know that the things you do and say have a real impact on