Post #4

So, I'm skipping post # 3 because I didnt do any hours for that week and I'm going straight into post # 4. Anyways, the day was March 4th and I was feelin good. I arrived at around 9:00 and Jory was suprised to see me (Jory is my mentor). He said that it must have slipped his mind that it was my first day that day. In actuality we hadnt really established March 4th as my first day, but since he hadnt been replying to my emails or phone calls, I decided to show up in person to see if I could get some things sorted out. The day was pretty low energy and cold in the begining. There are usually a bunch of kids running around on a field trip as a class to 826. They make a book and after the second half of the day consists of mentor/tutelage of the kids who come in after school.

I worked for a total of about 8 hours from 9:00-5:00. As I said before, the morning was pretty lax, but the afternoon is where I really got my first glimpse of what 826 is all about. Sherelle, who is basicly my second mentor, told me all about tutoring in the morning and in the afternoon she supplied me with a child...or rather two rambunctious unfocused boys. I probable shouldnt mention there names in the blog for liability reasons so I'll refer to theme as Polo and Divel. Sherelle, probable spelling that wrong, asked my to help out Divel with his homework. I agreed to do so and Polo promptly came over to help his friend derail our Homework session. I decided to help out bout Polo and Divel with their assignments which was a lot more than I could handle. Both children had dwindling attention spans and we would often spend minutes before answering one question or sitting them down from standing on the couch to steal something from a drawer or talking with another child. Once Polo left, it was a bit easier to work with Divel, but it was still somewhat unpleasant. I left at around 5 in hopes that next week would be better. Also Alex came and joined the family along with me at 826.