Introduction

“I believe these thoughts to be true: every child deserves an education, an education free from hurtful or harmful verbal and nonverbal actions, that great teachers are capable of teaching every child, that learning is a life long process, and teachers do not know everything nor do they have to or should be expected to.” - Emily Burdick 

                 Emily Burdick is a senior at Wheelock College. She is currently president of the Honors Program and vice president of Pi Gamma Mu. During her time at Wheelock, Emily was a peer tutor, a participant in the Rising Stars program, an admissions ambassador, a Jumpstart corp member, and volunteered for various community service projects. Emily also works as a substitute teacher in her hometown, Springfield, Massachusetts and has worked for a summer camp her past three summers in New Haven, Connecticut. She did her pre practicum student teaching in a fourth grade classroom at the Heath School in Brookline, MA and her practicum student teaching in a third grade classroom at the Manning School in Jamaica Plains, Boston, MA. Emily has valued her time at Wheelock College and  appreciates her new found ability to advocate for each and every child. Emily also appreciates the many peers and colleagues she met at Wheelock who inspired her and helped her develop more as a citizen of this global community. Emily enjoys traveling and hopes to teach in her country of birth, Ethiopia, one day.