I am
seriously amazed by something new every single day here.
At work I
learn so much from these kids! I am so grateful that they are so willing to
open up to me and trust me. But I think what amazes me each and every day is
when I see their bright smiles.
Yesterday I
was observing in a 2nd grade class and there was one boy who looked incredibly
sad and wouldn't speak and just wanted to hug the teacher. The teacher told me
that his mom had passed recently from AIDS and he is still very upset about it,
his dad is nowhere in the picture and is raised by his grandmother. This boy
made me so sad and I tried to cheer him up and it worked a little bit. Then
today, the same boy RAN up to me full of smiles and jumped on me for a hug. He
said "yesterday was so sad but today is happy and I want to hug you!"
and it just amazed me. This boy is so young and only has his grandma taking
after him and its just so frustrating to me because for the rest of his life
he's going to go through all these ups and downs and have nobody.
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| Sam & Molly with kids at dance class |
Molly and I
started our activist project which went well! We split the dance class into 2
different age groups. The first group was all young kids and wow were we in
over our heads when we thought we could teach them ballet.. they do NOT have
the attention span or control for that SO we decided next week we will just do
something along the lines of an (organized) dance party to release their energy
and get them moving in a positive way. It went really well with the older kids
though!! They were very interested and eager to learn ballet and are very
excited about the class. Molly and I work perfectly together because she enjoys
teaching technique and I enjoy teaching choreography so it will be good that we
can both use our strengths. We also gave them dance shoes which they were SO
excited about! It’s definitely going to be a lot of fun!
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