Family Search's question for November 25th was: Is there someone in your life who has inspired you to care more about community and global issues?
My mom works for an elementary school as the facilitator over the Low Reinforcement Room. It's kind of like detention, but during school hours. Students who need to leave their general ed classroom for a period of time due to behavior or being too far behind in school work are sent to my mom's room.
My mom is an hourly employee. She belongs to what is called the Employee Association, which is different than a teacher's union because it focuses on the hourly employees because they have different needs than the salary employees. Unions generally have a bad reputation, but this group isn't running around on strike asking for higher wages. They have a good relationship with the school district and school board (I believe). They talk about and advocate for a lot of things like paid time off details, clocking in and out policies, and extra training so they can better do their jobs, to name a few.
As I have heard my mom share stories and experiences, and as I've experienced my own during student teaching, I have become very passionate about what goes on in public schools and how it affects both students and employees. I think that caring about both students and employees (instead of of just students, which is what many parents focus on - understandably) is super important.
I haven't done much as my kids are so young, but I plan on being very involved in my children's school as they enter kindergarten and up.
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