Tyanna Linton

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Essay #3

Professor Moore

September 21, 2022

                           

      “Sometimes Your Dreams Are Right In Front Of You”

               As a young girl growing up, I have been around kids all my life. I am the last child for my  mom. Therefore I am the baby. People sometimes feel as though kids don’t remember who they have been around since they were an infant. But, I did. I remembered my sisters and brothers always trying to take care of me. I have even seen other kids in my home growing up and I have always wondered why they were there. My mom ran a small daycare. She mainly took care of infants while I was at school. Everyday I was always happy to go home to take care of the kids. As I grew older, my love for kids grew. During 5th grade, I was in a program called “The Living Your Dreams” program ruined by Lloyd Constable. When I heard that I can have a free period to mentor kids younger than me. I was astonished. When I actually started to mentor the kids, I absolutely loved it. I  always thought about what the kids were learning when I was gone- I did always think about the children when I left but I couldn’t believe I was thinking about the children(Antimetabole).

Years later, as a senior in high school I was nominated to tutor 3rd graders at PS 244 Richard R Green.  I was extremely excited because during the summer from 2016 up until 2022, I have worked every year for Summer Youth Employment. I always worked for the summer camps and never got the opportunity to work in the school setting. The first day I told my mom she was extremely excited. I was confused as to why she was so excited. She told me “The decisions I see you make are the choices I made to start my career as a teacher”. I asked her “ so wait, why did you never fully become a teacher”? She said to me “at that time I had three kids and then you were born”. But as time went by she had to cut her small business and be a full time mom. Along with my father’s drinking. It was not even possible for my father to take care of the kids while she was at work. She decided she wanted a different life herself as well as her kids. So we all moved to Jamaica. Even living in Jamaica she still continued doing daycare. Of course, right after school I always assisted her when she was taking care of the children.

  However, things didn’t work out so we had to come back to New York City. When we did, all of her plans to become a teacher, just faded away. But she always told me “Tyanna I know you’re going to become a teacher one day”. She said “you’re going to be the best teacher  in the world. I chuckled and said “Mom I doubt i’ll become a teacher”. But she disregarded that because she knew I would become a teacher along the way. As years went by my mom helped me open up my eyes to becoming a teacher. I always complained to my mom, in college I was being indecisive between being a teacher and a psychologist. She always told me “try Early Childhood Education first and see how you like it”. But I did the complete opposite. I stayed in college for almost three years as a psychology.  Currently, I am now trying to change my major. Therefore my mom was completely right.

One thing my mom told me was “just because your dreams don’t come true sometimes, does not mean that’s the end of the road”. I learned that dreams are ongoing, if you can get it today, tomorrow, next month, in two years. If you keep trying you will eventually get it. Sometimes the dream that you’re trying to accomplish is not the dream for you. That’s why it is good to explore what the world has in store before you make your decision.

During that time I needed a job. Surprisingly, I had finally stepped out of my comfort zone and applied to many jobs. Today I am currently working as a full time teacher assistant for almost one year now. I absolutely love my job. I love and treat those children, as if those children were my own kids Simile).Growing up I never knew what I wanted to be in life. Everyone suggested being a teacher, even my teachers. But, I always doubt myself because I am scared I will not understand and get everything correct.

Furthermore, my mom and I always had mini conversations about my future. She always said to me “a lot of the things I wanted to do, I couldn’t do because I had my children”.  Therefore, my mom really just expects her children to be happy and have a stable or even rich life. As a young girl my mom dreamed of being a teacher and then opening her daycare. Growing up, her dreams were right in front of me. When I received this topic to write about, I panicked because I don’t know anyone’s dream. I had a hard time trying to write something about. However, during my lunch break, I deeply pondered about my mom. I felt like my brain was going to explode (hyperbole). That’s when my mom texted me “ Hey Tyanna, how are you and the kids going?”. I said how could it slip my mind. My mom always had a passion for becoming a teacher and running a daycare. It’s so amazing how my mom’s passion brushed right onto me. The love she has for kids, is the love I will always have for kids. That’s why I say my mom is literally my role model and my mentor and without her I would still be questioning what I want to do in life.