Service Learning experience

The service learning was a very good experience for me. I did work with kids before, but it wasn’t the same because with the kids I worked before where kindergartens student and this two girls were much older. At first it was kind of difficult because I didn’t know them and they didn’t know me ether. At first it was hard for me to communicate with them, but after we got to know each other we just got along just fine. Sometimes I was scared about the questions they would ask me, because it was hard to explain to them things that were obvious to me. Each time I was going to say something I remained myself that I was talking to little kids not older people like me.
The first project we did was the Dream Careers College. This project was kind of difficult because we couldn’t find a lot of picture in the magazines, but after all we were just fine. This activity help us to learn about each other, ask questions and decide what they wanted to be when they grow up. The girls already knew what they wanted to be, so that didn’t take long. In this activity they chose pictures and cut them, and we help them glue the pictures to the poster. I have recognized that, their poster was the pretty’s thing in the word, but they did a great jog.
The second project was the Exploring Your Dream Careers. This activity help me a lot because I learn so much from looking and searching all this information. The girls also learn that in their fields that they want to go to, that is Lawyer and Doctor they are a lot of different kinds of Lawyers and Doctors. They both pick what most interested them and after finding out all the information they were very happy and they told me that now they had more reasons to become they wanted to. This project was very informative, but sometimes it was hard to put some words in phrases that they would understand.
The third project was the Career Essay. This assignment was kind of sad for me, because I think my kids were not paying attention and they didn’t put too much effort into it. I don’t know if I didn’t explain myself, or they forgot. It was hard to help two people at the same time. I gave them all the information and they decided to do the essay at home. I talked to them and I decided to make them do it again, the second speech was better than the first one.
The fourth and the last project was the Action Plan. This project was the hardest for the girls, I don’t know why, but it was. I try to give them examples of my Action plan, but I think they were distracted by the movement that was around. And it was kind of understandable because the girls are still in elementary and they wanted to play and move around. I help them as much as I could and I think the place was not a good one to be working on that. Sometimes for kids to think, they have to be in a quiet place to think clearly.
This Learning Service was a good experience for me. It was challenging to teach the girls about the career, because I have to be prepare for each question they would had. Sometimes I have to put difficult sentences into simple sentences so they would understand. I learn a lot about the careers my kids had. I was impressed that my kids knew right away what they wanted to be when they grow up, because when I was their age I still didn’t know what I wanted to do. This College Learning activity helped me to contribute with younger students. When I work with younger students I remember me when I was that age, and I just love to do that.