Blog Entry # 7

Because of this WLE experience, I have learned that I have a very high level of patience with kids witch is suprising because I don't with people my age and older. I work well with people in general, and I think working with Ms. Turner's class has proved that even more. I've learned that I love kids even more than before we started WLE. They're really interesting and there is always something new about them. As far as challenges go, I haven't come across any. I doubt I will, but if I do then I'd handle them like an adult; like a professional would. Kids are my passion. This summer I am going to work at Anna Yates with them or at the Rec Center across the street from the school. I've learned that there are certain ways to understand things, and solve problems. We all think different, which means we learn differently too. If I wanted to do more work with kids, I know I would have to adjust my skills to fit theirs. People say that once you get to middle school, you lose your imagination. I think different. I let my imagination run crazy because I think it gives me a better personality. The imagination I have, and the imagination that the kids have connect very easily. It's like I have a stepping stool to giving the kids what they need. I still watch disneychannel on a daily basis and interacting with kids period gets my inmagination going. I love the energy they bring to me. It seems like they make me laugh more than my friends my age do. My creativity. Until working with the kids my creativity level has been low, which sounds wierd because creativity comes from your imagination. I think they brought out my creativity because of what they show me everyday I'm there. The kids love having me there, not to sound conceited. Almost every week in circle, one of the kids say, "today I feel happy because Ms. Jada is back." I take that seriously. Me being there effects Ms. Turner, me, and the entire class. It means something. It means that I'm not just there for my grade. I beilieve I am now leaning closer to becoming a teacher or having a side job working with kids. I've gotten better with my patience with kids. I've realized that they take more stuff as a joke than we do because they have barely been introduced to the real world yet. That's the most important lesson  I've learned at my WLE. If someone were to ask me why what I did was so important I would  say I did it because it means something. To enjoy something you have to be passionate about it. You won't understand anything unless you feel the same way about it as I do. These lessons I've learned will affect my career choice in the future and the future family I will have. Whenever you try something new, you have to ask yourself a series of questions like, "why did I chose this? Will it work? Can I see myself doing this everyday?" You should think ahead.