My First Day At The Boys And Girls Club

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My first day at the Boys and Girls Club, I was nerves; as a child, I never went to an afterschool program. I didn’t know what to expect. Throughout my years of working in childcare centers, I always worked with toddlers and preschool age children. Therefore, I knew walking in that this was going to be something different for me. As I was walking into the 2nd and 3rd grades classroom the first thing that came to my mind was noisy and unorganized. I didn’t have anyone to come up to me and introduce themselves to me. After about a minute, I went over to another volunteer and asked her what I needed to do. She told me to just walk around and ask anyone do they need help. A little girl came up to me and asked me to help her with her math homework. As I was helping her I begin to feel more comfortable. …show more content…

One teacher kept on yelling and demanding the children to sit down and do their homework. As I was watching and listening to the teachers in the back of my head I was like this is not right way to talk to a child; a child shouldn’t have to be talk to this way. For example, one teacher called out a girl in front of the whole class due to the fact, that she drops food all over the floor. The teacher kept on repeating, “I’m not cleaning this up; you are”. She was talking down to the children and belittling her in front of the class. After leaving that day, I really didn’t have anything positive to say about the program. I told myself that this was just my first visit and things might get better overall. I’m glad I kept and open minded because my next visit was better than my

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