Assessment Visit 7

Assessment Visit 7

02/18/11

             Today was the happiest visit I have ever had for my assessment project. There were Boys and Girls Club staffs today. I and Daniel told them it would be our last visit. Jeremy asked us if we wanted to take a picture with all the kids. I wanted to take some pictures with them but Daniel answered no. Kids at Claude Chester School seemed less wild than before. I felt very successful that I did change them a little better than before. I took a lot of picture of them having fun playing with snacks, and playing with their friends. Some students acted like they got shots every time I took pictures of them because the light flashes when I take a picture. Suddenly, more kids came and acted the same way. Since the day was warm, Jeremy took the kids outside to make them play basketball and play around the outing place. They were very excited. I took thousands of pictures of them getting excited. Many kids posed for me. Adrian posed at the every place because he wanted to be captured in the photos. We went inside of the building, and Jeremy told the kids to sit down on the center line of the basketball court. He made them be quiet for 3 minutes before they go to watch a movie. Daniel and I found that it was time for us to leave. Thank you Boys and Girls Club and Claude Chester School, I learned a lot from you.

Assessment Visit 6

Assessment Visit 6

02/14/11

             Since it was the Valentine’s day, the young children at Claude Chester School had tons of chocolate and cookies for their snack. Also, they were more energetic than before because Jeremy, Kolton, and other Boys and Girls Club staffs were not there. Thus, volunteers, Daniel, and I had to rule the whole situation. I took a piece of paper with a pen and started to control the students. Firstly, we let them finish their snacks and play around a little bit. We then made them do their homework. It was, of course, not easy to make them be quiet and make them concentrate on their homework. They yelled, fought, ran around the tables, and talked with their friends in the study hall time. Hence, I started to write a name on my paper to make them calm down and do their homework. A boy who were very disrespectful and made fun of me because of my race had to write his name on my paper because I told him to. I told him that if he behaves well until after school is finished, I would erase his name. He ran to the book box, picked a book, and started to read it. I erased his name from my paper and showed him; he finally smiled. Furthermore, one girl kept asking me questions about her math homework. I tried to help her out, but she did not listen to me but played with her friends. Finally, I told just told her to read the questions carefully and left her. Some children played with toys and their DS and PSP (portable game machines.) Today was the hardest day I have ever worked at CCS because I had no time to rest.

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(TS) My work at CCS and this assessment changed me in numerous ways.
(SD) I feel different about young children in USA.
        (CM) I found that many young children have disabilities and difficulties with studying from my visits and researches
        (CM) I always feel that I need to help young children if they truely need my help.
(SD) I became more active for and with young children.
        (CM) I could be their friend by helping their homework and playing with them.
        (CM) My feeling of uneasiness about young children is gone, and I feel more comfortable with young children.
(SD) I learned how to teach effectively, and I learned how to help them to do something by themselves.]
        (CM) As I helped and taught them with their home work and make them what to do, I learned some skills for controlling young children.
        (CM) I always grabbed a piece of a paper to take notes who behaved well and who behaved bad; this makes the young children to be quiet and to behave better than before.
(CS) This assessment changed me and taught me about young children in various ways.

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(TS) I could have worked differently and better at CCS even though I believe I have done my work very well.
(SD) I was too strict to some kids.
        (CM) I became too rigid to the kids because some kids did not respect me and they were too wild.
        (CM) I might have changed my attitude to be more benevolent, friendly, and generous to the children.
(SD) I did not have any special subject to teach and play with the kids.
        (CM) I always went to CCS with only a digital camera but nothing else; Daniel brought his art tools to teach and draw some pictures with the kids.
        (CM) I could have taught them Mathematics, my best subject, by exciting and interesting problems and activities.
(SD) I did not have much conversation with the kids except helping their homework and playing with them.
        (CM) I did not talk to them much because I also became less talkative after I became rigid to the kids.
        (CM) I want to talk to them and learn about them if I get a chance to visit CCS.
(CS) I will visit CCS with different attitude, more materials, and I will talk to the kids a lot if I go to CCS next time.

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(TS) My work has relations withTKAM in some points
(SD) Tear is a theme from a chapter of TKAM
       (CM) Jem crys when Mr. Nathan Radley put cement in the knothole.
       (CM) I made some kids cry by accident and some kids cried after I pleased them to respect people.
(SD) TKAM comes around in a circle.
       (CM) The author of TKAM tells the main stories of TKAM at the last.
       (CM) Every time I visit, they are always hyper at first, but they always become quiet by Jeremy.
(SD) Quiet Hero is another theme from TKAM
       (CM) There are few characters who leads and ease a situation without any notice.
       (CM) Jeremy mostly controls the program, but Kolton, a staff from BGCA, unnoticiably volonteers to make the kids quiet and help them what they have to do.
(CS) My work and TKAM are related in some way.

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(TS) My research about young children helped me to understand about children in USA.
(SD) I learned how much effort does USA put for education of young children.
        (CM) USA spends billions of money for educating their children.
        (CM) There are millions of groups such as YMCA in USA that provide after-school programs.
(SD) I earned essential information about BGCA.
        (CM) I learned what is their mission for their programs; their mission is "to enable all young people, especially those who need Boys and Girls Club most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens."
(SD) Moreover, I found about the kids who have difficulties with graduating and attending a school.
        (CM) I learned that one third of USA's children fail and dropout from a school.
        (CM) I found that the children who dropout have financial problems or parental problems.
(CS) My research extended my ideas of children in USA.

Assessment Visit 5

Assessment Visit 5

02/08/11

             Today, I was busier than any other days I have visited. The kids at Claude Chester School were louder and hyper than other days. However, it was Tuesday, which is the day that the kids have homework. Thus, they had short snack time, the time when kids play “gambling,” and they started their quiet homework time. At the first twenty minutes, they concentrated on their homework. Adrian kept asking for help even though he could do it by himself; I believe he just wants people around him when he is doing something. There were a boy and a girl who never stopped their conversation even if I kept telling them to do their homework. The kids who finished their homework had a free time. The other students who did not finish their homework could not concentrate on their homework even more than before because of the free time. I spent more time with the kids who had free time. One boy kept following me from behind so I tried to catch him, but he kept running away. Suddenly, about eight kids ran toward me and grabbed me. Hence, I tried to get out of the crowd and I pushed a girl accidently. She cried for five minutes and I brought her a bandage and healed her because she wanted a cure even though she did not have any wound. She stopped crying and it was time for me to leave. It was the hardest day of my assessment visits.

Assessment Visit 4

Assessment Visit #4

02/04/11

             Today was different than other Fridays except that the kids at Claude Chester School were still hyper and loud. Likewise, there were some kids who played “gambling,” a name of a game the kids play with their snack. There still were the boy and the girl who do not stop talking. However, the staffs of Boys and Girls Club made the kids to read a book and be quiet for half an hour other than showing them a movie like other Fridays I have visited. Jeremy wanted to divide the kids in half, so he made the higher graders to go to a classroom for reading a book. I followed the higher graders with a staff. He was very strict in the reading time; he did not allow a noise from the children. I was surprised at his skill of controlling the kids and I started to be strict like him. I made them be quiet before the staff made them be quiet. After the reading time, they played a game that requires general ideas of basic things about a country or a sport. They became very excited and they all tried to win. However, I found a boy who was crying because he thought the staff was unfair. Thus, I encouraged him to play the game again. He ran into the crowd and started to get the questions right, and it was time for me to leave Claude Chester School.

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(TS) I believe I did a very good job for the kids at CCS.
        (SD) I helped them with their homework.
                 (CM) Few kids at CCS have some disabilities such as concentrating dissability, so they could not give their full effort on their homework.
                 (CM) I aided them to concentrate on their homework by helping their homework and making the kids be quiet.
        (SD) I eased the B&GC staffs' jobs.
                 (CM) It is very arduous to make the kids be quiet and play with them, and it is the staffs' task.
                 (CM) I tried very hard to make the kids be quiet, and I always played with them during the free time.
        (SD) I satisfied the kids who seemed they did not have a friend to play with.
                 (CM) I satisfied them by talking to them; I praised what object they drew, and what they wrote about.
                 (CM) I gratified them by saying some jokes that I have heard from English Class, and giving my interest about their story about family, school, and friends.
         (CS) Most of the benign works that I did was helping them with doing something, talking to them, and playing with them.

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(TS) There are some challenges when I work for B&GC.
        (SD) Sometimes, I had a racial problem with the kids.
                 (CM) Because I am from Korea, there were some kids who made fun of me and did not listen.
                 (CM) I was very angry but I had to compose my self and try to stop their malicious behaviors.
        (SD) The kids at CCS are very noisy.
                 (CM) They talk and shout during the study time and do not do their hw.
                 (CM) very difficult to stop their conversation because they always started again in a minute.
        (SD) I wanted to have conversation with very young kids who were very shy, but I could not.
                 (CM) I always asked kids if they had any question during the study hall time.
                 (CM) Some kids always said no even though they had one, but they were too shy.
        (CS) These are my challenges.

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(TS) There are some reasons why I chose B&GC.

(SD) I hoped to volunteer for young children

                           (CM) I wanted to help young children rather than animals and old people.

                           (CM) I feel more comfortable with children than animals and old people.

             (SD) Rosenberg family told me about B&GC.

                           (CM) I was fascinated when I heard what Austin did last year.

                          (CM) Austin said there will be many interesting things if I work for B&GC.

             (SD) I wanted to see how I can change young children to be better than before.

(CM) There are lots of children who have very bad attitude at everything and I wanted to teach them how to have better attitudes and how to respect people.

                           (CM) I expected that I will feel very successful if I change them.

             (CS) This is why I chose my service site.