Personal Childhood Web

Personal Childhood Web

2 PEOPLE IN MY LIFE

Mother:       Willie L. Dillard

Father:         John S. Dillard Sr.

The list above is member of my family that had an influence on me when I was a child. My family was a little unorthodox. The majority were not affectionate people. I will give you examples of how each one care about me and made me feel special.  Although the assignment asked for 5 people, I only have 2. Really, my mother raised me; though my father lived with us, he really wasn't that involved in our lives.

My mother made me feel special because she never let anyone show favoritism between my brother and I. She didn't take kindly to people comparing my brother and me either. Once my mother came to the school because teachers kept comparing my brother and I. I made better grades and they kept saying "why can’t you be more like your sister?" Needless to say, that never happened again.

This situation taught me that my mother cared about how me and my brother felt and she didn’t want anyone hurting our feeling. This taught me to empathize with others.  This still impacts me today because I am very in tune with how people feel and I do my best to keep other peoples feelings into consideration at all times.

This is helpful in education because understanding how a child feels will enable you to get to the bottom of it and in turn the student will have a better, more enhanced learning experience.

My father made me feel special just by loving me. When I was very young I felt like daddy’s little girl. He was very affectionate towards me and it made me feel very loved. This situation taught me the importance of showing affection to young children. When children feel loved, they are able to learn and interact in the classroom on a higher level.