How My First Summer Internship Taught Me to "Breakthrough"
The picture above cannot even describe the transformative experience I had at the Breakthrough New York Teaching Fellowship. Breakthrough New York is a part of a larger educational project called Breakthrough Collaborative that tracks the academic success of middle school students starting in 7th Grade, until the end of their college careers. In addition, during the summer, the organization offers a teaching internship where college students team teach these bright young kids in Math, Writing, Science, or Literature. I was blessed to be given the opportunity to teach two 7th Grade Writing classes in the Bronx. While it is true that I spent most of my time being foolish and looking that way in a lot of BTNY photos, I gained a lot of professional and educational insights that I use to navigate my environment at Penn and in life.