Communities

The community I live in now is the community I was born and raised in. During my time in Norwich I have seen the community grow into something different from what I was raised in. I think the changes are due to technology growing and children as a whole changing.

When I was little I remember playing outside, going for walks, going to the public parks. Now when I drive down the streets children are skateboarding or biking around parking lots. In the times I grew up in I didn't have a cellphone, or a laptop to sit on. Now I feel like the community is more technology based and communities are changing to fit the current times. I also feel that the diversity in my small town is growing from what it was.

When I was in 4th grade I moved to Buffalo, New York for a year. I am able to compare my time there in a busy city to the rural city I live in now. Buffalo was a completely different area for me. The city was always so busy and there was so much going on at once. The school systems were different there too. The first school I ever attended was K-12, 600 students. When I moved to a new school the 7-12 graders were in the same building. Comparing that to the busy city of Buffalo. I went to a school that had 3 grades per building, (third, fourth, fifth). The diversity in the school was different to the little town  I grew up in.

Living in two totally different environments helped my personal development. I have experienced the small town, everybody knows everybody atmosphere. But I have also experienced the life in a busy city. These experiences will help shape me as a teacher. I will be able to relate to students in different schools. These different experiences will only build my teaching skills and I am glad that I was able to experience two opposite communities.