Nobodies Trackin me~
I do remember being tracked as a child in school. In elementary school I was put into the slower groups, and was always given the easier work, never challenged. Then in middle school I was considered a pretty girl, not a smart, or intelligent girl. I was pushed by many teachers and my mom to be a cheerleader. I began cheering in 6th grade. I had a lot of fun and loved to be social so this was perfect for me. However, y grades weren’t good I was an average student with B’s and more often C’s. No teachers ever pushed me or got on to me, because I was pretty and I was a cheerleader. Looking back I guess my future, to the school, lied in marring a rich handsome man who was going to take care of me, because I certainly was not challenged or “smart”. By the time high school came around I was in all lower math classes and basic physical science and english. I did end up earning a college prep seal, but I had to start at Junior college because no University was going to take me. To me college is where we find our determination, if we make it there, to get out of the tracked system. I became a diligent student in college and ended up transferring to UGA and making the Dean’s List. There was not one teacher in high school who ever pushed me, taught me how to prepare for college, it was not important. I was tracked to possibly attend a junior college, and maybe get a associates in nursing or a two year certification in dental hygiene. In fact that was what my counselor suggested, because I was social and pretty those would be good fields. Well I found my determination and I was determined to graduate and take a different path, ain’t nobody trackin me!!!
