Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Certified Teacher

The person I interviewed is R. Wilkinson and she is an educator. She has been in education for 25 years. She started teaching at P.S 268 in Brooklyn and now P.S 52 in Queens. Mrs. Wilkinson was a para-professional and then merge into the education field as a certified teacher. She currently teaches a 2nd grade ICT class. She prefers 2nd grade because it is a grade she’s more familiar with and she knows the curriculum like the back of her hand. She also taught 4th grade to which she also enjoyed but, there is a very big difference. 4th grade is a testing grade and can be very strenuous she says. Mrs. Wilkinson has always dealt with children as far as having nieces and nephews and being very hands on with their upbringing. She has worked
as a camp counselor for 3 summers in a row and was the Sunday school teacher in my father’s church so my background has always been with children. “Not only am I an aunt, but I have three children of my own. Teaching has been a rewarding experience for me. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I love what I do.”