Day Number Nine: 12th Grade Service Project

T-minus one more day and counting. Today was average for me when compared to all the other days. I helped out a lot in some gym classes, which was enjoyable. I also gave another spelling test and graded more papers. I think that Jesus would be able to easily become a third grade teacher, but I do not know whether or not Jesus would find teaching worthy of his time when compared to all of the other service work commonly considered meaningful, such as work with the poor and destitute. I also think that if Jesus did teach the third grade, he would do it for free. I sensed a lot of anticipation among the class for the field trip to the museum and planetarium tomorrow. I find this same anticipation in myself. Hopefully everything will go really smoothly. Also today, one of the students opened up to me at lunch and told me about how he had witnessed his eighteen year old brother's suicide two years ago. He answered all my questions in a monotone voice, and said that his brother had been depressed. I was impressed by his maturity, but at the same time, I felt that he has to keep the pain from that experience locked away at most times in order to keep some level of normalcy in his life.