Journal 2

It has been truly enriching being involved with these young kids. However, I would like to comment on the staff working at this school/boys and girls club. This group of workers and teachers are the most supporting group of people I have ever met in my entire life. Without these teachers, professional and volunteer, these children wouldn’t have a chance at life or an interest in school. The kids after talking to them tell me they like school only because it was FUN. I have never had the opportunity to go to a school that was fun, because my schooling experiences have always been down to business and learning and that was it. I have never looked forward to going to school until I learned how much fun it was to go to this kind of environment. The welcoming and smiling people that surround this building and community are great and some of the most friendly I’ve ever had the opportunity to encounter in my entire life. Unfortunately, I am scared at the same time, not for myself, but for the kids. I am afraid that when they leave and move up in schooling, they won’t have that great support system they are presented with right now.