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A Brief Introduction to My Journey into the MTC
In my original admissions essay for the Mississippi Teacher Corps, I wrote about the emptiness of my college graduation ceremony at Antioch College. Even after two years, I can still remember the loneliness of the festivities. My apathy stemmed from a feeling of guilt that I could easily pinpoint. To put it simply, I had made it and others, with economic and racial backgrounds similar to mine, had not. Instead of being a moment of triumph, I saw faces that were missing. Being a first-generation college graduate comes with a lot of pressure, however nothing could have prepared me to face the failures of America’s biggest myth: educational equity in public schooling. My decision to join MTC seemed to come from a culmination of my educational and personal experiences.
I love learning. It is something I cherish, and even as a child I would play “teacher” to an audience of various stuffed animals. I would pretend that my mother’s book were desks and to this day they still have the names of my pretend students written rather un-neatly in them. Later at Antioch College, I studied everything I was interested in: peace studies, video communications, and literature. I spent an extra year getting a double degree because I could not help myself! I simply loved learning. I also loved helping others appreciate the learning process, and I worked as a tutor and teacher’s assistant every semester I attended. In addition, my studies included an emphasis on social justice that is not found at every institution. After graduation, I became a counselor at a treatme nt center for students who were victims of abuse. The center also provided a private school for the students. I had the opportunity to help students achieve academic success. Most of the students had not attended school on a regular basis and were behind, and they also had complex emotional problems or learning abilities that interfered with their past educational experiences. Despite these odds, our students were achieving success at a very rapid pace. Watching and being a part of their success was quite a feeling-- a feeling I sought to repeat over and over again.
My decision to join the teacher corps did not happen overnight, I feel as if the amalgam of my life’s experiences put this path in front of me. My philosophies on social justice and educational equity made the MTC seem like a perfect option. I applied to many teaching programs and MTC was my first choice. I wanted to teach in Mississippi. I wanted to attempt to make a difference. I wanted to join the Mississippi Teacher Corps.
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