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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 is a great opportunity for you to grow. I believe that you should look at this opportunity as a blessing. You may have been been in this situation before, but there will be many other times where you will be of the minority race. The more you are exposed to it the more comfortable you will feel. This is also a time for you to branch out and become more familiar with other races than your own. |
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