Day 1 : I had a really great time on my first day at the job I really connected with the kids immediately because it was some of them that already know being that this is my hometown. I enjoy it everything that we did and getting to know the kids more than I did before it’s a great experience and also me seeing these kids grow up in something that I would cherish for the rest of my life because I am so into getting back to my community and doing everything I can do to make sure it is a great place to live and also a place where individuals will really want to be at. See how the kids work together on the first day got me very excited how the weeks will plan out for them because I can tell they already know each other and I love how they will bring others to come in in play with them that shows me that they already have great masses and it’s going to be a great summer. So as these days go by I hope to bring back better and more information from what we did and what these kids are doing to help grow and they own certain way.
Day 2 :
Doing all of this and teaching these kids about life and how everything I do is a representation of the parents and why you shouldn’t wanna represent them bad because all the sacrifices they made to get you exactly where you are. Because I know some of these parents of these kids not know the struggles and I know where they went through just to open up a door for the kids and I feel like I’m in a position where I could have these kids learning more when they’re not around their parents. This is a blessing to even be able to talk with these kids to understand more in only being the second day and I had like three or four kids opened up to me about home and what they ask to because they know I really know the parent was something that was very interesting to me because at first I didn’t know how to come at that but as it went on I understood what was going on also it was kind of easy to pull up to the side and talk to them because it’s a lot of trauma they go to these kids head and it’s so important for them to be able to open up to someone because you never know what they can do to save their lives or even others lives that is around them. But I don’t know day two was a great day and I’m so looking for today three and whatever comes with that because I have a lot planned.
Day 3 :
I had a wonderful day today I think the best thing of my day was when we all watched things about space and how these kids were just so amazed about it and It made me really sad and happy because when I was growing up it wasn’t know people who want to be a astronaut it was only strictly one thing and I was football or basketball but now I am seeing these kids must be doctors astronaut so this is a very exciting opportunities for me . As these days are going to by I’m getting closer with these kids and finding out more about them which is making me more happy that I decided to take this internship And to see that I am actually touching lives and changing the outcome well maybe how they was thinking before the guy here it’s something I will always cherish and always not take avenge ever because these people are here who does not have that and for me to be blessed with this opportunity I wouldn’t change right now. Today also help me understand there is a lot of things that you don’t know about individuals and just because they are happy all the time doesn’t mean that they are really happy inside so I am trying to get these keys to open up a little more and let them know that is possible to get help and it’s not bad to let others into your situation because that other individual may be the one to get actually help you.
Day 4:
Today wasn’t bad at all it was a great day and I enjoyed just seeing the kids have a great time and I really made me feel good about myself and the things I am doing. Everybody really got along in the day was great and just to see them happy in the hall having a wonderful time even before we went to the pool and the conversations we all had together was something I was really interested in awesome for me. So I don’t really have that much to say about today but I didn’t know it was a fun one .
Day 5 6/7 :
Today help me really realize that work of a kids have not always wanted to do and I feel like I was just born to do it. Because once I came up with the group activities the kids were very interested in like my mindset in my thought process of why I came up with that for them and I kind of really hit me in a way of wow they was really into it and penalties because they asked me questions were made me think, really why did I do it. But as I keep talking to these kids man is really helping me understand that no matter what or where you are in life you can be at the lowest of yourself having a willpower to encouraging and bless others with your state of mind and you know as positive, if something that I really enjoy and I really look forward to every day I wake up. I just hope every day be just as good as this one I know it’s gonna be some low days in heydays deal with kiss him I’m going to have mood swings but in order to control it I feel like you have to understand the child and that’s what I do every day I wake up with making sure I understand each and everyone of these individuals because they are different but similar in a way.
DAy 6 :
Today was a day of intelligence is what I would say because throughout the day even after we had the loan ta with the kids they were still asking me questions after the fact about everything we talked about previous before going to the zoo. They were so entry on what I was telling him about how to society will be for us and you have to work 3 to 4 Toms harder and it’s like they was up for the challenge with prove individuals that they belong so that’s a great day and a half as a kid so I really was proud of how they interact with the owner is the ridges blowing to buy they took a series because they understand that everything I said I’m a call from a great place in a place that I won’t natural healing and metal awareness should be at the peak and that’s what we’re going to get into more tomorrow.
Day 7:
Today was a great day for me especially with getting them aware of mental illness and let them know that there’s nothing wrong with going to therapy because in our community relet going to therapy and we’re not really taught to go to therapy if something is going on with us. But me being able to teach you educate kids about it and knowing that that’s the right way instead of trying to deal with so much situations on your own it’s something that was great for me and also something that I knew the kids needed to hear because this world is kind of going backwards I would say so in order for them to keep their head on right they have to know how to deal with certain problems that’s going to affect them sooner or later. Most of the kids wasn’t aware that much of the situation that was going on with metal illness and just for them to listen and also don’t want that happened to themselves so I know that they were serious about it and it actually made me feel a lot better to know that maybe these kids are going home and tell her other kids over there till of the kids about what they’re lonely and that could bring awareness amongst the youth. So today was really great.
Day 8:
I really enjoyed today it was more about becoming very intuitive and also learning more about how to deal with individuals also deal with your critical thank you when you are placed in the bad situation. I believe the kids understand everything very well and how they took out from what I was saying to them was very interesting when they were speaking back to me on why they chose this one or why they chose the other and it was very exciting for me to see that they are doing the critical thinking right now as they are explaining to me why they thought that and they don’t even understand like I Dona great job at it so that’s also something that is really helping me become more comfortable and more willing to keep teaching him and building on the knowledge more and more. I really enjoy everything I do here and all the kids they show me so much love and I just want to get them back what I have to offer it maybe I can help them in their life so as the days go it just keeps getting better and better and I don’t see no time of slowing it up.
Day 9 :
Today wasn’t really structured as the other days but I still had a wonderful day with the kids and just seeing them happy is something I will always enjoy no matter what. They also had a wonderful time and I can tell that they was happy to be able to have a fun day after a long week of them doing so many different exercises on life skills .
Day 10 : Today was very productive day even though the kids do not want to participate in writing down the goals and us going over it again it was still a great day and they still enjoy the rest of the day. We went outside to play seven on seven they really love that game because it’s also fun but I love it because it can also teach them kids to trust one another and you got to have their back like they got your back so come together as a family and treat each other well how are you more someone through a family member that’s another reason why I like to play the game with them because they start to show as we are playing. And I always enjoy it when it’s time to read because that give me an opportunity to go and pick out a book for me to read as well, never lack educational things because the educational things can be the one that can teach you the way of life, I said it to myself all the time so I feel like it’s in my blood to put that on these kids let them know is nothing wrong with that it can help you in ways you just never know. So today for me was a really great day and I’m looking forward for tomorrow.
Day 11:
Today was very fun and very educational and I always love days like that because that help me understand that these kids are not only coming here to have fun or talk amongst each other but they come in here and learning and being happy to learn that is something that’s very deep and special to me knowing that they are understand what I’m actually trying to get accomplished in them. But we also have fun today so it wasn’t all about no work it was more about having fun when outside the kids really enjoyed it stuff and I also enjoy being out there with them so today was just like a normal day that I have here of just getting stuff done in the morning to be able to relax yourself by time afternoon and then was time to go be more relaxed because you got a lot taken care of today
Day 12 :
Today was a really chill day and I really enjoy everything that we did especially going to Lion Country safari for which is something like A zoo but instead of you really walking around all the time you can decide to take burst rise to out where the animals are and they can come up to the bus you can feed them so it was something that was very special to the kids and also it was cool for me. But I will now I had a wonderful time today I will look and i’m looking forward to tomorrow.
Day 13 :
Today was really fun and very interesting and the kids learned a lot especially with that multiplication because at first I can tell it was kind a hard for them but as we can’t work on it and they kept coming to me asking me questions about it a guy familiar for them and then they was able to get them correct but it was still some kid that was struggling but the more I feel like we’re doing this the more they’re going to become better at it. I really love our reading times because they give me opportunity to read as well and I also will start whatever they’re really I need to write me a page I saw about what is about so I can have a clear understanding that they’re really read it and I also can’t get attention to what they’re really not just trying to get over with .
Day 14 :
Today was a very productive day and the kids got to learn each other more and it got to learn more about credit and the reason it is important to have great credit and is reason it is a part to save your money. Being that I am teaching them this and now actually listening to something that I would cherish for the rest of my life because I know the position I’m in is to be a mentor or a big brother to all of these kids and for me it is a great day to see that they are taking everything I am saying and not being critical on it but they are listening at least trying the hardest to become a better individual for themselves. So every day I have been come here it will be helping me out more and more to understand the real reason the life is too if Louis to you and also help them and guide them in two ways that you didn’t have for yourself and also you never know what I can take you so every day I come here after I get a job in a mandatory to do what I have to do in order for the kids to have a successful life and look at life in a better way they look at it now.
Day 15 : I really enjoyed this day because mostly what we did was focus on schoolwork Livermore such as mathematics and spelling and I just wanted to see where the kids was at with doing these work sheets. But I ask you found out a lot about them and who’s better at work or what we need to work on with certain the visuals when I did the work sheet so that kind of made the day interesting and I wanted to point out that it help me understand the kids a little bit more not only on just knowing them but with what they struggle with in school . And we went outside it’s play basketball but all in all that day was great and we got a lot of work done and I’m excited to bring out another worksheet and see how they progress with it.
Day 16 :I am so stuck on teaching these kids how credit works and how it can be great for them in the long run if they understand it now instead of going up and getting into it and maybe it hurts them in a long run. After we got done talking about credit for a while we turned it to a daily 45 to hour reading and I really enjoy this time because it’s very calm but it’s also helped me to see what these kids are interested in in the book they would like to read. And we also did a great group activity today and I was really focusing on them talking it out with one another and also trusting one another in order to do great at the activity but also just bring better ideas today involve this certain topic. But all in all it was a really great day and I really enjoyed every day I am here but I just hope it keeps getting better and better as the days goes on. Day 17 : This day we didn’t really do too much we did our reading but it was a chill day and it was a pool day so what we did was cook the kids hamburgers and hot dogs and went to the pool for a very long time and by time we got back it was almost the hour until the kids had to leave so we just hung out in in the gym area and just talked about life and to the had to leave so I really enjoyed this day as well it was very relaxing but still a wonderful day.
Day 18 : Came back and created math problems for them which was something that I was waiting to do because the last work should I did then go so well so I kind of wanna level down but I also wanted them to be competing with each other not necessarily on finishing in the fastest time but do it all the steps right making sure they don’t miss a beat or a step back and ultimately getting them to miss the answer so we did that and after lunch I want to do them to tell me what the gold worth in life and what they are going to do to prepare for them goes into reach the goals. So today was a really great day for me and we also watch the movie on slavery and the things that some individuals had to go to to get us where we are today and I really didn’t like it but they enjoyed it because they gave prayer and worship to why they came before which was also a great thing to see within the youth . Day 19: So today I wanted to talk them about how it feels to go to college and what the requirements are for you to even be able to attend any college and I also made sure I said to them again they need to go and talk to the parents about maybe starting a credit right now so by time they get older in time to go to college do already have an established amount of time it also maybe you can help them do things they won’t be able to do without the credit. We went outside a little bit of the play 7 on 7 tournament which the kids always enjoy when we do that and they really looking forward to doing that so that was a great time. And we also came back in and watch the documentary on Martin Luther King and I wanted to see how invested it wasn’t a documentary I create five different questions for him to answer that was within the documentary. but all in all this is a wonderful day I really enjoy every day I have with these kids and I just hope and pray that it gets better. Day 20: Today was more of an ask me day. So what that mean is the kids wanted to hear my life stories and what I did to get to where I went in my life and the things that I saw and the things that also help me become the person I am today and with that being said I gave them the whole backstory about how I lost so many friends about how only thing I had to do was football and and I knew it order for me to play football had to be great at school do what I had to do and also just a respectable young man throughout my whole life. Also had a spelling be competition with the kids so that they can have a choice with either we can choose Friday we go back to the pool or do we just stay at the facility for a fun day. After that we end up watching Hercules which was suggested by all the kids never really enjoyed that but today was a great day. Day 21:Today I spit the kids up in to groups and I wanted to play a search and recovery educational game and all that is is they They answer a series of questions it doesn’t matter what it is it could be mathematics, spelling or even fill in the blank and they have to move on to Each level. And it’s 5 levels in the individuals who win I will get them cookies are you candy bars or whatever they want it. When outside to play kickball and also did I want our reading in before that and once we got back inside I let the some groups play chess, connect four and sorry board games when they wanted to. It after the fact they want to watch a documentary on how he was with Ashley created the start of everything so once we found a video of you watch did they really enjoyed everything he saw and I thought it was very cool how everything happened . But all in all today was a great day I really enjoy every moment asking these kids because I get to grow with the and learn more about them.
Day 22: Today the kids decided that they wanted to go back to the pool so that’s what we did and we also bought them hamburgers and hotdogs again which was a really great day and once we got back to the facility all we did was watch a couple of movies before the kids parents picked them up so today was another chill day and I just hope I get more just like this.
Day 23: I separated groups and did some more multiplication work she’s with them and once they finish the most vacation worksheet I had to add the addition worksheet so that we could just do more work. After the reading exercise we went outside and the kids play 7 on 7 again it’s just something they always want to do once we’re out there so I just let them do it and also once we got back inside I want to play a Trust each other group exercise which I split them up in like four groups I do so many different activities and things to see if they will trust one another. Since they see how we involve as human they wanted to watch different films on the top of animals we have in the world that we may have just discovered so we did that and then after the fact we went to the gym and waited on the parents to come which this also was a really great day in the day one of my last week working with the kids.
Day 24: The kids was very upset that this is my last week so what I wanted to do with them is go over things that I started off with it to see if they still doing what they had to do for themselves so I went to every kid they asked him what he goes were when they leave from here not only one there in the days I heard was something that Will stay with me forever because I feel like I touched these kids in the way that a lot of people couldn’t have. We went to the outdoor basketball courts some kids wanted to go to the playground around that area so I let them do that and they also asked me what can I buy with good credit and I explain so many different things to them that makes them just wanna have a good credit and leave the railway a live way that they will have to really stress for things because some things can be giving to them just have to know how to handle the situation. But all in all this was a great day I really enjoy every day I have these kids.
Day 25/26 & 27 : These days was all similar in the way of it was nothing but having fun such as playing games, Kickball, T-ball, heads up 7 up, 7 on 7 tournaments , Fun movies , board games . They had a great time throughout these days . And when my last day king basically what we did was we went to Miami zoo and the kids really had a great time in on the way back from my Miami Zoo just telling me that this is a great summer with me and also they would love to do this with me again soon if I’m ever able to come back and they just take me for everything and I in a meeting a lot of the kids parents And they also know me because that’s my phone but it also which is so happy to see me and thanked me for everything else is naked because the kids going home and let them know the things I was saying you doing with them throughout the day so that really was a great feeling for me and I am forever grateful for this wonderful opportunity I had .