Wednesday March 23rd 2011
Today was a pretty interesting day. We went to the school like we have been doing for the past 2 days. We got to school a little bit early and like expected we all were divided into 4 groups and went straight into our specific assigned classes. I am in the group 2 with Natasha and Jennifer. Today we went to a reading class but none of us really knew what we were supposed to be doing because we signed up for the science group meaning that we were supposed to be working with the science teachers. Nevertheless, I had the chance to meet an awesome kid, I don’t really know how old he is but I guess I will find out tomorrow. I was so impressed by that kid, he was in the class with a bunch of loud kids but he managed to stay quiet and do his work. I had the opportunity to talk to him one on one and he told me a lot about himself.
He is a 9th grader who is really involved in and outside of school. He is in the ROTC program, program that I really didn’t know but he told me about what they do and how he joined it. He has a part time job and he plays both basketball and football. He is also coaching the football team and they won second last year. He will also be having an internship this summer due to his program. Just to hear about this kid and all he does made my day. He had a pretty well planned future unlike most college students so I think we can actually learn from him; just to be in 9th grade and yet doing this much.
Anyway, overall I had a great day, I was tired when we got back and I think we all were but I am sad that tomorrow is our last day at the school. We are all sad that tomorrow will be our last day seeing the kids and reaching out to them and telling them about college. I AM REALLY GLAD THAT I DID THIS SERVICE AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT AT LEAST ONCE!
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