operation "tricking people into thinking i am a real person" week 1

congratulations! today you get a 2-for-1 special from this fabulous blog that i know you all have been religiously following :) first, pictures of my cute little classroom...second, my priceless thoughts from my first few days of real work








the center officially opened on wednesday. not too many kids have been coming yet because they dont have too much school work and the weather is still somewhat nice, but there have been a few that i have seen twice now and some new students came for tonights session.

the center is open from 330-530 and 7-830 each night. the afternoon session is geared towards middle school students, which is my primary focus at the center, and the night session is geared toward high school students.

the past two days, i have spent the afternoon session with 2 students, one is in 6th grade and the other is in 7th grade. they are extreme opposites as far as work ethic and personality, but they are both so cute and i love working with both of them! we have been spending most of our time on math and some social studies. and i have been trying to get the kids to read and/or write in their free time. the 6th grade student, who is definitely the more bold and outspoken of the two, has been bargaining with me every day about what he has to do to get prizes from the incentive program, how he can earn extra attendance points, and today, he tried to convince me that he read a 50 page book in 15 minutes. an A for effort, but unfortunately for him, i am smarter than the average bear :)

last night, no high school students were in my room for the night session, but today i had one 7th grader who made up for the lack of students last night! she talked the entire hour and a half and told me that she "will be remembered"! we worked on some math and some geography homework, but she mostly shared her life story with me, including her opinion about each and every one of her family members, teachers, and everyone who works at the center- haha

the kids have really made this experience so much better already and i have only worked with them for 2 days! they are so smart and have so many skills and talents that just need the right environment to grow in. they are inquisitive and want to know about how the world works and i love that. but most of all they make me laugh and thats important! i am learning and having fun with them and i hope that they are having fun and learning from me as well.

tomorrow is just a day to catch up and do some administrative work because the center is closed on fridays. although i do see happy hour in my veryyyy near future...:)