It’s a typical Thursday night; I’m getting ready to check in the kids to their respective classrooms. Today is my turn to work in the gym; everyone that has worked with me before in the children’s department doesn’t really like the gym. It might be because the little boys that we work with are just plain rambunctious. They are very different from kids I have worked with before and now my perspective has changed and the way I work with these kids has changed also. Its six thirty and kids start racing in the door “Sam, Sam are we going to the gym today?” are the first words I hear, already it seems like it’s going to be a very long evening. The best example I can think of to explain why and how my perspective has changed in regards to these difficult and rambunctious kids is to share my experiences. The most impactful experience I have had with my kids happened recently. A few months ago I met one of the most interesting young boys to ever have been in my kids programs it could be said that he has changed the way I think and the way I work with kids.
His name is Paul, I still remember the first time I saw him he was walking behind his mom with baggy jean shorts a football jersey that seemed to be too big for him and a snapback hat. They came up to the table to sign him up, as I stood to greet them I saw Paul staring at the floor, so I looked over in his direction and said “Hi I’m Sam” he mumbled. His mom told me: “He is very shy” and smiled. Still not receiving any eye contact from Paul I explained how our program works what room Paul will be in and that I’m going to be working with him, his mom thanks me and leaves him. I try to have a conversation with him but no words are coming out of his mouth and still no eye contact, it was a pretty slow night so I got to work with Paul one-on-one. I decided I would take him to the gym, maybe he likes sports I said to myself. I started asking him some questions about school, and if he was excited for summer. After some very simple one worded answers and almost no energy in him –not normal behavior for a seven year old boy–. The time came for his mom to come and pick him up, still not having any answers to any of my questions Paul was on his way home.
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I was really confused and didn’t know what to do about it so many things came to mind, “why is he so weird?” I thought to myself imaging how interesting my job would get with this peculiar little boy, “what’s going to happen when we get more kids?” I couldn’t stop thinking that they would make fun of him. I mean every kid is quirky in his or her own way but Paul, he was just plain different; I can handle shy, but this wasn’t the case. I decided to wait it out and talk to his mother next week. After a few classes and not seeing any change or progress his mother explained Paul’s situation to me: “he has had a very hard life, people have abandoned him so he doesn’t trust people easily, and he just got diagnosed with autism which in itself can be very overwhelming not to mention getting adjusted to a new environment.” His mom also told me that he is very high functioning but emotionally he is very sensitive; and just to give him some time.
When she told me about his diagnosis I thought to myself “I’m so dumb, how could I have missed it?” Something seemed familiar. A few years ago I met a pair of siblings that now that I think about it reminded me of Paul in so many ways, they had been diagnosed with autism as well. The brother was really hyper, talkative and funny, but he never stopped being any of those things. The sister on the other hand was the complete opposite she was shy, didn’t really talk and looked constantly sad; when I first met them I thought the same as I did when I met Paul. They seemed very difficult, very needy and just different than all the other kids we worked with. After their weeklong visit our supervisor talked to all the staff about them, sat us down and explained the kids’ condition. I felt so ignorant and so bad, I labeled them as weird and difficult just because I didn’t have the opportunity to get to know them or work with them very much. Knowing this and remembering the kids I had met a few years ago, Paul didn’t seem so unusual anymore he was just different and I did have the opportunity to meet him, work with him and get to know him.
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So now that Paul knows me and knows that I’m going to be there every time he comes he is a whole new kid. One Thursday night he came in ran to my table and gave me a hug, I was so shocked he looked at me with his big ocean blue eyes, I was impressed on how blue they were, it was the first time I had seen them up close. Still in shock from the out of nowhere hug he start telling me about his day at school and how during recess he scored a goal in the soccer game and just didn’t stop talking. His mom looked over and just smiled and said “I think you’ve got it from here” and walked away. Now as I take Paul down to the gym he runs to the ball closet and gets about every ball he can carry telling me he wants to play “sports” which is a mix of everything that involves running, jumping, balls, bats and hockey sticks, we have a lot of fun. I have worked with Paul for several months now and it is safe to say he feels comfortable with me. I can tell exactly how he feels by just looking into his eyes, and it really helps that he tells me everything, sometimes more than I want or need to hear.
I work with him several days a week, I have seen him laugh, cry, get upset, pout, and be the most normal boy in the world. But every time he comes and gives me a hug, looks up at me with his big ocean blue eyes and tells me that he can’t wait to see me again because I’m the best just melts my heart. I think to myself, how could I have thought that Paul was a weird kid, he just thinks differently than most of the kids I work with, and that makes him all that more special. Now I look forward to working in the gym, being able to be an example, a role model, a big brother and a friend to all the kids I work with. No matter if they are autistic, have behavior problems or if they seem completely normal, they all just want to be loved. Thanks to my encounter with Paul I have been able to approach life differently, he taught me in so many ways that just because something or someone is different or thinks differently doesn’t mean that they are weird. You can still have great experiences and meet very good people if you just open your mind and realize that different doesn’t mean bad or wrong.
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