Day Number Three: 11th Grade Service Project

Today was my best day yet, as I found myself becoming more and more comfortable in my service site. I was able to effectively solve many micro-conflicts among the children, which seemed to me to be petty disagreements over toys, but when I think back to the days when I was three, four, or five, I remember that toys were pretty important to me. I also discovered something I would not have guessed, an "I.P." child named "Peyton" has real athletic talent. It was basically during the morning session's "recess" time that I played soccer with some of the kids. Peyton decided that he wanted to play. Amazingly, despite his social inabilities (mainly a lack of speaking...fluently) he kicks and runs quite well. I was impressed and later discovered he plays multiple sports and apparently his family is obsessed with Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. After the A.M. session and my lunch I began to clean out the shed with the three other guys from Regis. At one time, it looked as if someone had tried to maintain order inside it, but gradually the daycare workers became overwhelmed. In fact, the lady that helped us out (I'll call her "J") could best be described by the phrase: "Constantly frazzled." Hopefully, I will be able to help reduce the overall stress level of Creative Options by working hard and continuing to help out in the classroom.