1 post tagged “volunteering”
So I actually stayed for the whole weekend at college. First time!
Friday I started volunteering. From 9-10 I went to the campus fitness center and talked with the cancer patients who were working out in there. One of them is from seabrook and used to be a book keeper at Clear Creek(where I went to High School). Small world huh? I've had a lot of small world experiences here. kinda crazy. At 12:15 I went to the Elementary school I'm working at and started with my class. What a difference this class is from my old K kids. I'm not gonna lie... it was terrifying. I don't know how the teacher does it. and I feel really bad for her because this is her first year teaching. I actually for a moment thought about changing my major. lol but I'm not going to because I know I'm not always going to have a perfect class, but I'm tough and I can handle it. So this year should be a good learning experience for sure. I'm there to help 5 kids in particular. I've already pinpointed about 3 of them. I'm not sure who the other 2 are yet. The three that I know of remind me of the 7 dwarfs. and I will refer to them as Sleepy, Grumpy, and Bashful. Sleepy was actually asleep the whole time I was there. He has a bad home life and doesn't get much sleep. So the teacher lets him sleep sometimes. So of course he's a bit behind. Bashful never said a word to me the whole time and doesn't know how to write her name. and wouldn't draw in her journal. and then there is grumpy... He growled at me the whole time. and was in time out almost the whole time. The reason I say almost is because he got sent to the principals at the end of the time I was there. He kept kicking the wall and being very disruptive. So... needless to say that was quite an experience. Around 2 I went to the training at Rusk State Hospital. We had to watch 3 training videos, and one of the other girls fell asleep during the HIPAA one. lol I don't blame her. they were really boring. Then we walked through the recreation area. Pretty scary. a lot of the guys were following us around and asking us where we were from. I'm kinda nervous about continuing there, but I've committed to 20 volunteer hours there, so I'm going to stay for now. If I get really uncomfortable I'll stop going there.
Saturday, I turned into a Vampire and did not see sunlight. I left my room once during the day, just to take out the trash. I went and got something to eat around 8:30ish though, otherwise i wouldn't have left the building at all. lol I did see like an entire season of America's next top Model. hahaha
Sunday was better, I went to Sunday school and Church in the morning. I was invited to sing in the choir by Mr. Compton. lol. I can't sing, but I said I'd think about it. After church, I ate lunch in the cafeteria, then went back to my room until dinner.
Today I skipped weight training... I'll make up the time later tonight, because I really needed to sleep this morning. and now I need to go do my homework. and luckily I just killed 2 birds with one stone, because I'm using the first part of this blog as my service learning journal entry. :D
Oh, P.S. I'm coming home next weekend.
