"This assignment really prepared my students for what they have to face."
Crischelle Navalta (R.G.V. '05) recalls a lesson that affected her students outside the four walls of her classroom.
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Inside our classrooms are thousands of tales of frustration and persistence, pain and courage, challenge and breakthrough. They remind us why we get up in the morning and do the work we do — and of how much still needs to get done.
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"It helped me in the classroom and it's helped in so many other areas of my life."
Peter Gwynn Sackson (Houston '06) shares how he translated the lessons he learned in the corps to his career in politics and beyond.
"I think I have an idea to make it fly even higher next time."
When Eric DeSobe (Los Angeles '01) and his students entered a competition to build a bottle rocket, their performance surprises even themselves.
"We're fighting. We're fighting for a revolution."
Liz Allen's (Colorado '09) commitment to education reform keeps her motivated to push the rigor in her classroom.
"He wanted to get it so bad."
A student teaches Derrick Johnson (N.Y. '10) a lesson in resiliency when he refuses to back down from a challenging math problem.
"I just think about all those kids who don't have advocates."
Nicole Brenner (GNO '08) reflects on her own struggles transitioning from homeschooling to public school and commits to becoming an advocate for students who may not have a champion like her mother.
"Knowing that we failed them, but there's so much hope for their kids."
Having the ability to see those of her second grade students who graduated high school, Elisa Hoffman (Mississippi Delta '96) realizes the limitations of her corps member experience and finds inspiration to continue working for the next generation.
"He learned how to face these challenges during our time together."
Cole Farnum's (RGV '06) chooses to take his literacy lessons to the student's community service assignments and forges a relationship that expands both of their abilities.
"They knew they were being watched and that they had to have really good behavior, and it got better."
Steele Kizerian (D.C. Region '09) got creative with his classroom management in an effort to turnaround a rambunctious kindergarten class using a little mystery and a lot of imagination.
"Something snapped in me and I was just like 'That's it, I'm not lowering my expectations anymore.'"
Sarah Solomon (N.Y. '10) wasn't satisfied with the results of her ninth grade self-contained special education class, so she coordinated a co-teaching initiative with amazing results.
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