By Caroline Seabolt
After tutoring for 2 straight semesters for DC Reads, accepting an Internship at the Phillips Collection made me feel like a sell-out. Being in the classrooms helping teachers and students this fall brought me pure joy and I loved every second of it, so the decision was incredibly difficult to make. I accepted the internship because it was in the Education Department and I would be working with grades K-12. I definitely miss tutoring, but I know that my involvement with DC Reads is going nowhere. I still attend weekly Advocacy meetings, and am planning to attend some seminars this semester as well.
There is a common misconception that one cannot be involved in DC Reads without tutoring. However our various committees are open to anyone with an interest in education on campus and the DC Community.
There are a lot of different ways to teach, and I am learning how to do that bye using art. I plan to use the teaching skills that I am acquiring from observation and practice at the museum and apply them to DC Reads when I come back to tutor next semester. I can’t wait to come back!