This time last summer, I was so relieved. I had just finished my 12 week internship program at an insurance company and I had officially decided that being in a cubicle all day every day was not the job for me. I knew that whatever job I had this summer would have to be creative or with children.
With SuperKids, I got both. Despite the fact that every day I came home dead tired, frustrated, and hungry, each morning I woke up at the crack of dawn eager to get in my classroom and spend time with my 12-14 campers. It didn't matter that I would spend more of my morning telling them to sit down and listen so we could finish the lesson and go outside. It didn't matter that I'd be constantly interrupted by "Miss Diamond, can I go to the bathroom?", "Miss Diamond, is it time to go outside?", "Miss Diamond, he won't leave me alone!" for six hours.
No matter how many headaches and sore throats I developed. No matter how many times I felt like I was inadequate and I was failing at teaching the kids anything much less giving them an enjoyable, super summer, I truly enjoyed each and every day of my internship this summer.
Getting to know each of my kids and watching them learn and grow together was so heartwarming, as well as getting to work with the staff team at Medfield. This has truly been one of my favorite summers. I have learned and grown so much in terms of how I work with other people, what teachers go through on the daily basis, and who I am as a person.
When I ended my internship last summer I was desperate to work with kids again, thinking that that is the work I truly loved.
I was right.
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