About Tahereh
At the end of last year I got accepted to teach for America New Orleans corp. I drove down to New Orleans at the beginning of June, and headed off to Texas for a five-week Teach for America training. This training was in fact one of the hardest things I have ever done, or at least I thought until I started teaching. I'm currently working as an elementary school special education teacher. My school is Fannie C. Williams and it's located in New Orleans east, which was hit very hard by the hurricane. This year is the first year that Fannie C. is re opening, and we are currently a modular campus. This is difficult at times, especially when it rains. I have never seen puddles like the ones in New Orleans. But we make it work, and I feel very lucky because my principal is amazing. My students range in disabilities from mild to moderate learning disabilities to sever and profound disabilities, but they are all amazing, and the reason I go to work every day. New Orleans is an incredible city, like nowhere else in America. When I travel outside of the city it almost feels like when I return to the states form a different country. I highly encourage people to come and visit the city. It will be a great vacation and one of the best ways to help this city re-build.