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An empowering experience in K-12 was the fact that I’m not alone when there’s something I don’t understand.

A disempowering experience in K-12 was stress or anxiety during a test or an exam.

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i felt empowered when one of my teachers, who i was really close with in hs, showed interest in not only how i was doing academically but also how i was doing outside of school.
I felt disempowered when my the teacher would read our grades out loud in front of the class.

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One empowering moment that happened to me in school was when my teachers would encourage me to keep going because they would tell me whatever I do would be the best for my future.

One disempowering moment was whenever I take any test for a unit/lesson, it would be totally different from what I would learn in class.

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A empowering experience that I have experienced was when I was Is getting decent grades by studying a lot and asking for help from my teacher.A disempowering experience is that schools don't always get supplies needed for school and teachers have to pay with their own money for things important.

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I felt disempowered when being told that getting a good grade would be the only way I would have meaning in my future and I was empowered when students would share their goals in life knowing they are going to achieve their goals in life.

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I'm thankful to say that I've had several empowering experiences in school and that I had several teachers who went above and beyond to help me succeed. till this day I'm stilling contact with some of my teachers:)

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A disempowering experience I've had in K-12 school was having a "low score" on a math leadership board that was publicly displayed for everyone to see.

An empowering experience I have had was being able to meet supportive teachers who took the time to know each student and was constantly there for their students.

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1. A disempowering experience I’ve had in k-12 school would be when I couldn’t get the help I needed when I asked for help I was just pushed to the side and the teacher just continued with the lecture, I left like I couldn’t ask questions

2. An empowering experience I’ve had in k-12 school would be when my music teacher fought for what I wanted and needed and he helped me get a music school scholarship

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I felt empowered during the time I was in high school, the teachers made sure all the students understood the subject being taught, we got so many counselors for students with different things they did, and so much support for everything
except in my AP Spanish class the teacher kind of made it a big deal that she was from Spain and and only talked about that for months and didn't do much for students so we all had to help each other however we could

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I felt empowered when my learning style is accommodated to what I need instead of solely what's required by the school.

I'm grateful that I didn't have any educational disempowerment, but socially I was bullied so that made me care about my social status more than my school sometimes.

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A disempowering experience I had is when I got punished for not finishing my work that did not feel beneficial.

A empowering experience Ive had in k-12 school is being able to not be stuck in a class like we are able change the environment.

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I felt empowered when the class I was taking made it clear where we were at and where we were heading into. Disempowering I guess when the grades reflected off the whole class rather than on the individual

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an empower that I experience I had was that I was able to find my passion and have something in mind after i'm done with HS.

a disempowered was that I feel like all that I learn haven't helped me in life. they need to teach us more about life. example, credit car, way to manage your money and more

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Well teacher motivate you but the thing is sometimes you feel stupid when you get your homework wrong because you forgot a comma I feel like it’s unfair that teachers especially in elementary school put a lot of pressure on your back to be good and behave and be smart

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A disempowering and empowering experience in K-12 was the fact that I was somewhat held in k-6 back because I had trouble with my speech and comprehension skills.                                                     The worse part about it was that it seemed like my homeroom teachers didn't really help me or care either. However, in middle school through high school, I worked hard and overcame my struggle. I'm still working hard and I am proud of what that experience taught me

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A disempowering and empowering experience in K-12 was the fact that I was somewhat held in k-6 back because I had trouble with my speech and comprehension skills.                                                     The worse part about it was that it seemed like my homeroom teachers didn't really help me or care either. However, in middle school through high school, I worked hard and overcame my struggle. I'm still working hard and I am proud of what that experience taught me

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I did feel more disempowered when I was at school because teachers, I had would always announce students grades to the whole class. which made me not to want to go to school.

An empowering experience was when I was in my Avid class and the teacher always made us feel like it was a safe space.

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There weren't too many empowering moments throughout my time in grade school but I never felt disempowered. It was more of a disappointing feeling when I realized that we were being raised in a way that had us headed towards a boring monotonous life with no real enjoyment. That wasn't what made me disappointed or sad though, it was the fact that some people will never realize this or never want to challenge this way of living that affected me.

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I felt disempowered when a teacher prohibited me from using the hand sanitizer and humiliated me in front of everyone.  I felt empowered when I realized that it's not about making space for yourself in school, simply take it, take up all the space. 

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I felt disempowered when a teacher prohibited me from using the hand sanitizer and humiliated me in front of everyone.  I felt empowered when I realized that it's not about making space for yourself in school, simply take it, take up all the space. 

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my own counselor told me sophomore year that I wasn't gonna get into any UC idk why ...little did she know I was still able to get into most UCs while battling with a heart problem, my sister passing away and family problems. It just felt like I didn't even have my own counselors support when I needed it the most. I felt disempowered at the fact they get are there to help you yet they don't provide you the resources or help you need.

I felt empowered when some teachers were whiling to help regardless of your current grades or situation. They always had time to you

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disempowering experience: feeling as if i don't belong in those honors/ Ap courses like the other students because of my status. Also, the testing they gave to determine whether you'll be able to get those credits or not and failing it

empowering: having one teacher my art teacher who always made me feel like i belong and always encouraged me

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One disempowering moment I had while in grade school was in middle school in my English class where my teacher would seem to provide negative feedback every time I would give insight about the material in class. I felt like my opinions didn't matter in her class and she was always looking for what she wanted to hear not what others said.

On the bright side, one empowering moment I had during grade school was in high school and my work would often been shown as examples for other students. It made me feel that I was finally doing something right and getting sort of honored for it in a way.

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I felt empowered when my drama teacher had faith in me and wanted to see me succeed.

I felt disempowered when my favorite 3rd grade teacher told my mom that she doesn't see me graduating elementry school.

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I could write a whole book about my experiences

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I could write a whole book about my experiences

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I think I've had and seen one too many disempowering experiences k-12 like hearing kids be told not to apply to a high school because we wouldn't get in and if we did choose to apply they would not write a rec letter.

Its hard thinking of an empowering experience as much as that sucks but I did have a teacher in high school who no matter what was always there to encourage me in and out of school and I still keep in touch with her now

-H

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an empowering experience was when I studied for a long time for a test and then I got the test back and I received an A. It showed me that my hard worked payed off.

an disempowering experience was when I got a bad grade on a english assignment but I tried my best on it. I only got a bad grade because I didn't follow the correct structure for how to write (context, quote, analysis, etc.)

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Throughout my k-12 , it was very interesting. I had to transition to a different learning environment from middle school to high school because i transferred into a different district. I also went to a k-8 school, so my classmates and I were really close since we technically knew each other since kinder.

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I felt empowered when my teachers made it very clear that whatever we did they would help set us up for that path.

I did feel disempowered though when the schools weren't set up with the resources needed for us to succeed.