I never played well with the kids younger than me. It wasn’t that I was mean to them, I just preferred hanging out with kids my age or older. I think it is because of this that I have reservations about O’Bryant. I have a younger sister who is in high school, a sophomore, but I still find it nerve-wracking to go fulfill the service-learning requirement. So far, I have only been once and have my next time this upcoming Thursday. I have only been out of high school for one year and yet the thought of talking to or interacting with high schoolers gives me anxiety. I think it has something to do with the interactions taking place inside a school because I have done some volunteering here with middle and high schoolers and have been fine but going to O’Bryant pretty much terrifies me. It could also be because English is not my strongest subject and writing or giving writing assistance makes me nervous as well.
My first time doing the volunteer hours at O’Bryant was a pleasant experience. I had no issues communicating with the kids and I think I may have helped them brainstorm ideas or work on their phrasing but I’m not sure how effective I was. There are no measures to check to see that I did what I was supposed to and that I helped- only a feeling. My experience there was good in that there were no major issues, but I would not say it was great either. I felt quite out of place in a high school environment despite having been in a similar one a matter of months ago. It might be because I don’t know the culture at O’Bryant yet, but I felt the same way when I went to my high school reunion over winter break. Besides this, I have certain goals for my time at O’Bryant.
I hope to become a sponsor of literacy for some of the kids at O’Bryant, I hope to help and encourage them to find their passions and pursue them. I think that I can do this by initiating conversation on topics other than the assigned prompt and giving them a chance to get to know me, and me them so that we’ll be able to work together better in the classroom in the future. I know that I do not have much time left at O’Bryant and with this particular service-learning assignment but I hope to continue volunteering in the Boston community because I think that it is a good way to connect with the community and have the community become a sponsor to my literacy of what it means to be an adult. It will teach me a bit about who I am and how I can be the best person I can be.
My first time doing the volunteer hours at O’Bryant was a pleasant experience. I had no issues communicating with the kids and I think I may have helped them brainstorm ideas or work on their phrasing but I’m not sure how effective I was. There are no measures to check to see that I did what I was supposed to and that I helped- only a feeling. My experience there was good in that there were no major issues, but I would not say it was great either. I felt quite out of place in a high school environment despite having been in a similar one a matter of months ago. It might be because I don’t know the culture at O’Bryant yet, but I felt the same way when I went to my high school reunion over winter break. Besides this, I have certain goals for my time at O’Bryant.
I hope to become a sponsor of literacy for some of the kids at O’Bryant, I hope to help and encourage them to find their passions and pursue them. I think that I can do this by initiating conversation on topics other than the assigned prompt and giving them a chance to get to know me, and me them so that we’ll be able to work together better in the classroom in the future. I know that I do not have much time left at O’Bryant and with this particular service-learning assignment but I hope to continue volunteering in the Boston community because I think that it is a good way to connect with the community and have the community become a sponsor to my literacy of what it means to be an adult. It will teach me a bit about who I am and how I can be the best person I can be.
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