Summit Park is over and with it community service at Boyd comes to the end. For the last day we make the kids play games and gave them candy. It was sad to leave them after building a nice relationship, I will always remember the kids at Boys; Cody, Antonio, Jairik, Jonathan, Carlos and Keandre. All this kids made an impact in the group life and create new experiences that in my case never thought I could experience.
Since the beginning of the semester people have give us the support necessary to keep this project up, people such as Courtney Swan and Andrew Foley were major contributors to make this project a success. At Boyd elementary school there we difficulties with the kids behavior because the kids are very young so they dont have alot of manners and they want to be playing most of the time.
With time the kids start building more trust in us and start behaving better and telling them their experiences. At the end of this community service we create a strong relationship with kids. I think the project was a success because every member of the group learn new experiences and became a better person.
Danny Loza
Pipkin
Juan Fernando, Juan Franco, Danny Loza
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Issues in our Boyd Community
It is perhaps in luck, that I am writing this post late and I am now able to form a more profound and updated conclusion on what sort of issues are going on in our community at Boyd. I would first like to say that our community partners have been excellent, the change from last semester is very noticeable and we could not be happier with Andrew. The response from Boyd has also been satisfactory, the school has openly shown support to us helping with the kids and have facilitated the rooms we need and all of our "demands".
However there is a large and at the same time invisible problem that I see in the public education system. And it is just that! The fact that is public make both the kids and the teachers have attitudes that are perhaps not beneficial to either. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, but I do see how the teachers on an overwhelming level did not seem to care about the development of the kids and often make comments in front of them that in my opinion were hurtful. For example, one of the teachers once said in a very loud and carrying voice: "Oh they are the ones working with Kyandre and Carlos, they should get paid for doing that!" right in front of the kids! Needless to say Carlos and Kyandre were troubled kids, but at the same time they are 6 years old so they can hardly be blamed for their behavior. Everything they know they learned from their teachers or parents at home. Schools should be about making the kids live in a happy and productive environment and if a teacher doesn't have the patience to deal with 6 years old then maybe they chose the wrong career. I also remember a rather rude lunch lady that talked to the kids as if they had no intelligence and did not recognize their presence unless addressed to directly. I am no psychologist, but if a child is ignored then he will develop troubling behavior. The kids seemed to dream about when they would get to hang out with us because we engaged them in conversation and actually listened to what they had to say, unlike any other adult around them.
Since day one are group has repeated that we are in no way trying to change America's Public Education System, but without a doubt this was a very interesting experience because we got to see the root of many issues we see in teenagers today.
However there is a large and at the same time invisible problem that I see in the public education system. And it is just that! The fact that is public make both the kids and the teachers have attitudes that are perhaps not beneficial to either. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, but I do see how the teachers on an overwhelming level did not seem to care about the development of the kids and often make comments in front of them that in my opinion were hurtful. For example, one of the teachers once said in a very loud and carrying voice: "Oh they are the ones working with Kyandre and Carlos, they should get paid for doing that!" right in front of the kids! Needless to say Carlos and Kyandre were troubled kids, but at the same time they are 6 years old so they can hardly be blamed for their behavior. Everything they know they learned from their teachers or parents at home. Schools should be about making the kids live in a happy and productive environment and if a teacher doesn't have the patience to deal with 6 years old then maybe they chose the wrong career. I also remember a rather rude lunch lady that talked to the kids as if they had no intelligence and did not recognize their presence unless addressed to directly. I am no psychologist, but if a child is ignored then he will develop troubling behavior. The kids seemed to dream about when they would get to hang out with us because we engaged them in conversation and actually listened to what they had to say, unlike any other adult around them.
Since day one are group has repeated that we are in no way trying to change America's Public Education System, but without a doubt this was a very interesting experience because we got to see the root of many issues we see in teenagers today.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Issues in the community
It almost end of the semester now and the group is happy to be working with the kids of Boyd educational center. Even though the experience has been wonderful there also have been several obstacles and issues that I will like to address. The children that we work with have come from not common families, they have come from difficult situation in their parents life or just with problems that any kids should have. I have learned from the kids that their life is difficult and still they smile and enjoy life. I admire the kids because of the way they think, some will say is selfish and other will say that is unconscious but the think I take into account is that the kids are happy.
The problem I want to address is that most of the kids parents don't care for their kids development. Once we got to teach in boyd we never receive a letter back from the parents, our partner in the project, Andrew was the one who convince all the parents to sign the sheet required us to teach there. If the parents would put more effort and attention for their children most of the children wouldn't have problems.
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