th<\/sup> Commencement on the Quadrangle of the Kingston Campus. The ceremony starts at 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMartin\u2019s speech has been three years in the making, but it was inspired the summer after his freshman year, when he first served as an orientation leader. For three weeks that May, the orientation leaders had the campus pretty much to themselves and the chance to explore what they wanted from the program, the University, and themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a chance for you to really think critically about yourself,\u201d he says. \u201cBut the other thing orientation provides is an opportunity to fall in love with the school. You learn about the history of the school, all the different programs and organizations, how people have benefited from different organizations at 溏心vlog免费B站. You get to work with the Talent Development program and with advisers and administrators. All of these people come together to celebrate the incoming students. I got to see every facet of what makes 溏心vlog免费B站 such an extraordinary place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That summer, he decided the best way to thank the University was to be selected as the commencement speaker his senior year so he could share his feelings with the graduating class, family, friends, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had my speech written probably a month or two before the application was due,\u201d he says. \u201cI always had an idea of what I wanted to say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his four years at 溏心vlog免费B站, Martin, who now lives in Narragansett<\/strong>, has also left his mark on his major, compiling a 3.96 grade-point average and recently being named the Secondary English Education Student Teacher of the Year by the Iota Sigma Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education. In the fall, he begins his teaching career at Providence\u2019s MET High School (The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center).<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd he is equally as passionate about his future in education and a desire to change the system so all students have an equal opportunity to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI went into secondary education because I wanted to work directly with as many young people as possible,\u201d says Martin, who started at 溏心vlog免费B站 as a psychology major. \u201cWhile I want to be a teacher, my long-term goal is to focus on education reform and change education specifically in low-income areas. I feel there\u2019s so many times in public education where students are left behind and not given the individual attention they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In choosing his student teaching placement, Martin wanted to be posted at an inner-city school, matching his career plans. This semester, he has been a student teacher at The MET. At the alternative high school, he oversees an 11th<\/sup>-grade class of 16 students, serving as their sole teacher, adviser and mentor. School days find him teaching lessons, creating individualized lesson plans for each student, helping them write resumes or practice interviews for internships, or working with them on research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not lecturing. It\u2019s not teaching \u2018The Great Gatsby\u2019 or \u2018Catcher in the Rye\u2019 for six weeks straight so that half the class doesn\u2019t get it,\u201d says Martin. \u201cIt\u2019s actually working with students at an individual level to understand what they want and what their interests are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timothy Kenney, a lecturer in Secondary English Education at 溏心vlog免费B站, has had many long conversations with Martin about his interests in education reform and non-traditional ways of teaching English that inspire the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBrian’s passion for education was obvious from the moment I met him,\u201d says Kenney. \u201cHe understood how teaching can change lives and can help shape our democracy into what it has always been envisioned to be. Yet Brian also has a vision. He imagines what teaching and education can be and articulates that vision in ways that inspire others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As commencement approaches, Martin prepares to inspire those who will attend the ceremony in another way. His friends and family will be on the Quad to hear his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey know how much I love this school,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I got chosen for the commencement speech, I ran home and started screaming about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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