Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Black Intern in A Rural School I am one of few African American students in my teacher education program. My last semester in the elementary education program is designated for a semester-long internship in a local school. I have been very excited about the internship. The schools around us are rural schools with majority White student populations. My first day at my assigned school was quite interesting. When I arrived at school, I easily noticed that almost all the students were White. My supervising teacher introduced me to other teachers in the school all of whom were White. I felt really out of place. Although they did not say or do anything wrong, I felt like they were looking at me in a strange way. At the end of the school day as I was driving out of the parking lot, parents were driving into the school to pick up their children. I saw a number of trucks that had racial slurs or confederate flags in their back bumpers. My discomfort turned into fear. How am I going to complete this internship? What should I do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This situation is something that can be very difficult, but it is a great chance to really dive into your teaching and to show the students that no matter what race you are, you can be a fantastic teacher. It is very important for the students, parents, and other teachers to look at you as a person and not as a different race, and it is your job not to focus on that, but focus on the job that you were sent to do.