Barstable Enterprise Intership (12/17/09)

First day of my official internship with the Barnstable Enterprise.

Tutoring (12/14/09)

First day tutoring freshment for biology, Im still in the Bio room right now, it went pretty well.

Curling (12/14/09)

Third experience on the ice, first real game!

Filming boys basketball at Sturgis Charter, (12/12/09)

This is my first Blog on my new CAS project, filming the boys basketball team so they can review their games on tape. (link in title)

Curling Club, (12/07/09)

This week has been pretty seamless. We do have carpooling permission slips to get out, and a movie we have to watch at lunch, but we got our second look at live curling and we're improving. (link in title)

Waldorf conclusion

This is a written reflection of my volunteering at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. I worked at the fair, an annual fundraiser for the private school, for 5 hours. This school is where I was given my first eight years of education. I grew up their. I mention in my blog that it felt good to give back to this community that had helped me so much to become who i am. In fact that was the biggest thing that i gained from this experiece. Waldorf was a second home to me, and it really made me feel better to know I was helping to help other kids have that same experience. I think more than anything this experience has made me decide to do more volunteer work that I can identify with. If something means something to me than i believe my time is better spent helping that orginization.

Special Olympics Soccer Reflection

Although this was a relitivly short activity, I believe my experience was good for me and for those I helped. I spent two sundays, from 6 to 4, volunteering my time at the special Olympics soccer tournament. I must say that i really enjoyed my time there. One of my learning outcomes was eight, to develop new skills. I met this outcome by interacting with the special needs players, previously I have had very little experience with the mentally, or pysicly retarded. I did not know what to expect and I fell that at first i was tentative, but the athletes drew me out of my shell. In my first blog I say that I met and talked to one athlete in particular, this man really connectd with me and we talked for several hours that day. This interaction developed my understanding of some mental illness, and that most are simply superficial, many are high functioning, engaging wonderful people. My second outcome is very related to the first, it is eitht, dealing with issues of global importance. mental retardation has been, and is a struggle for millions of people and their families all over the world, regardless of nationality, reliogion, or ethnicity. This experience gave me a chance to understand what so many people cope with every day, the challenges that they face and overcome. In my second blog I speak about how I felt after the last day, and I found myself imagining having some kind of mental handicap to deal with. I fell I have a better understanding of mental retardation, and the struggle that many face each day as a result of it, although i do not claim to even imagine how hard this may make life for somepeople.