Today March 11th I worked from 3-6pm helping two boys Brian and Christian with there math homework. I noticed right away neither of these boys had any discomfort speaking, or listening to me. They both also enjoyed partaking in anything but there math homework, which became difficult at points keeping them on task. So in order to continue teaching them, I used the only parental skill I know.. bribery. I told them if we finished our assignments I would let them assist me in taking pictures. This did not work out, as I had planned, but nonetheless we did finish the assignment, and hopefully my advice on multiplying and dividing would be beneficial to them.
After my tutoring session ended at 4:30 I proceeded over to the lunch room where for the remainder of the day I played video games, fooseball, and other activities with numerous different kids. The first two boys I played fooseball with did not speak any english so I was not able to catch their names. They to had no sense of fear, or nervousness joining me, and most of the time we were able to overcome the language barrier by similing or high fiving each other, showing enjoyment. Overall for my first experience here Yesenia was right on target these kids do accept just about anyone who wants to join them. They seem upbeat and postive, very rambuncous just like any other kids. I really enjoyed my first day here and look forward to meeting other children, and maybe even some parents.
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