Assessment Journal #5

(TS) During my most recent visit to the Boys and Girls Club, I spent a lot of time talking to kids individually and helping them with their homework. (SD) When I first walked in to the Boys and Girls Club room, I saw the kids playing basketball so I joined them until I saw a kid sitting quietly at one of the tables working on something. (CM) I walked over to see what he was doing and saw he was getting a head start on his homework. (CM) I didn’t ask him why he wasn’t playing because I thought it was a smart idea to get his homework done now as opposed to later, so instead, I asked him if he needed any help. (SD) When he politely said no, I asked for his name and found it was Carmen, so I decided to sit there and keep Carmen company in case he was feeling lonely. (CM) Shortly after sitting down next to him, I looked at his work and did the problems mentally, and I noticed they were wrong. (CM) I tried to be as polite as possible so he wouldn’t be offended when I told him his answers were wrong, and when I told him, he was surprisingly very thankful to know he wouldn’t have mistakes to correct after the teacher graded it. (SD) I helped him resolve the math problems, and he got the right answers this time bringing his homework to a conclusion. (CM) Since Carmen had finished his homework, I struck up a conversation with him. (CM) I found out we have a lot of things in common like the sports we play and we both like video games, making me think that this was a really cool kid. (CS) After this experience at the Boy and Girls Club, I realize that younger kids sometimes share similar interests as teenagers and they can be friends with one another.