Contextual factors

The first day we went to teach at Maple Mountain, we were not astonished to see all caucasian students. The difference was that you could tell each student had their own story and their own life. In our 2nd day of teaching we were talking about objectives and tactics in a monologue. We started by having someone tell a story from their own life with a strong emotion. They told and embarissing story. After that we had each of them write a personal monologue with a strong emotion. They were to talk to that person in the audience. Each student came up and had a touching experience to express. IT was increadable to hear their stories. It made me realise that some of these students were dealing with sucide of a parent, a father leaving, hatred for a sibling, love for a good friend, etc. Once they all expressed these impactful moments, I had a new insite on them and what each person was dealing with. Numbers from the website didnt help me, but taking what I learned from each student did. I was able to talk with them differently, and knew how to apporach them with different topics about assignments, performances, etc. It changed me a lot.