Frog Blog (Aidan's Blog YDev 150)

     When I entered high school, I was struggling in a lot of ways. Socially, I was behind most other kids because of at the time unrealized neurodivergencies, I was struggling with my grades for the same reasons, and I was (and still kind of am) experiencing a gender crisis. I really did not know who I was or what I wanted to be, and going into high school was an opportunity for me to hit the reset button at a new place with new people.     It really is hard for me to describe what Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet High School is like. It's a very unique experience both in terms of curriculum- having all the basic building blocks of education effectively entirely abandoned and replaced with arts that aren't all that well taught either- as well as culturally, transitioning from a school where slurs for queer people were pretty regular and 9 times out of ten you wouldn't know a given student in the hallway, to being in wildly queer dominant space where ever...

 

     Though I'm no longer on track to be a teacher, I am still set to be and passionate about working with kids, and I strongly believe that the key value in improving kid's lives, skills, and own mental well-being is through strong relationships between guiding figures and children. This is, without a doubt, my biggest value: always be kind, patient, and supportive with children. It is so often what makes the difference in whether a kid makes themselves successful later in life, and also affects how they'll react to the generation after them. By being kind and maintaining strong relationships, you can set a whole lineage of kindness and encouragement to follow in your path.      Attached here is a link to an article discussing this very concept. In my own life, I've found something I often struggle with is conveying the tone I intend with my words and ideas in everyday conversation. With that in mind, something I always try to do with others is always see...