Getting Started

The best place for me start my project is with parent interviews. This will allow me to get to know the community better as well as -hopefully - giving me some ideas for a project. I conducted just a few interviews with my last year's class and they gave me food for thought. It's fascinating for me to hear about what parents and families consider important for a child's education because sometimes it is completely different from what a school official thinks is important.

For example, two of those three interviewed parents said they would like math taught more in school because they want their child to learn how to handle money for a job or their own bank account. Very practical! Why don't we do that?

Since almost half of my families do not speak English in the home, I am going to need translators. Should I impose on friends? Beg a school tutor? We have a home school liason, but my interviews are not official school business....