By ANGELINA ANGELOTTI
Contributing Writer
One Saint Rose forensic psychology major balances school work, RA responsibilities, and an off campus job. Junior, Megan Fuchs, is a teacher assistant at Kids Express in Maplewood. Having classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, work on Mondays and Wednesdays, and RA responsibilities everyday, Fuchs has a full schedule.
“There are some weeks where everything falls into place and some weeks where there is so much to do and everything is chaos,” Fuchs said.
Kids Express is an early childhood school for children ages 2 through 6 with different locations throughout the area. This is Fuchs’ second year at Kids Express, which she found through a friend. She is responsible for getting the children ready for nap, snack, arts and crafts, and reading. The children love listening to songs from the iPad, and she really enjoys hearing their stories. Fuchs also does some outside planning such assisting with the behavior poster board which determines if the child is having a good week and following the rules. Fuchs has fun at her job and she said the only personality trait she needs is patience. She and her co-workers are “awesome people doing a good thing for the kids,” Fuchs said.
Planning her activities can be challenging while Fuchs also attends to her RA responsibilities. Fuchs is able to complete her RA responsibilities in a way that earns respect from others.
“Megan is great at her RA job. She relates to her residents and tries to help them in the best ways she can,” said Tinamarie Stolz, an RA who works with Fuchs. Fuchs is an RA in Lima Hall with 38 girls living on her floor. She is responsible for planning floor programs, creating door tags and bulletin boards, and handling whatever might be going on with her residents. “Being an RA has definitely been different. A lot of work, but definitely worth it,” Fuchs said.
Fuchs also has a lot of work in her current major. Fuchs’ Research Methods course takes up a lot of her time.
“Her major is definitely challenging, between her psychology and criminal justice coursework, but she is organized and somehow gets it all done,” said Elizabeth Corey, another Saint Rose student.
Even though Fuchs’ job at Kids Express isn’t related to her current field of study, she says this experience can help her in the future if she has to encounter children during her work.
“Working with kids has definitely opened my mind to the possibility of going into the field of education. I love the work that I do, I feel like it makes a difference,” said Fuchs.
Fuchs has a lot to balance this semester. She is completing, and excelling, in all of her responsibilities. Many college students do not have off campus jobs and even though it is a lot of work Fuchs said “I still love going to work so I’m not going to give that up.”
