Growing up in a big family has made me believe that I
knew tons of facts about small children. However, when I came to Jumpstart I
obtained novel informations about pre-school children. Also, this job has
revealed various talents that I did not know I had in me. Apart from our kids
being so adorable, I can say that I acquired new traits about small children
that I did not know about. I learned that our kids are very intelligent,
observant, and unique. Furthermore, our kids are very self-centered because
each kid has a carving for personal attention and does not comprehend the idea
of sharing. Basically, kids do not understand the concept of taking turns and
letting other kids have a chance too. Recently, in my reading group one of my
kids was angry at the fact that I was giving the other kids a chance to answer
the questions I asked during reading to reconstruct. She made a statement about
me calling on one particular kid more than her. Well, I told her that she
already answered most of my questions and it was time for the other three
children to have a chance too. The reason why I decided to mostly call on one
girl was because I was not sure if she was engaged in the book, just like the
others were. Nonetheless, I felt bad that the little girl was angry but I knew
that she ultimately will have to learn how to take turns.
Continuously, my experiences so far with Jumpstart have
revealed various talents I did not know I had in me. Before Jumpstart, I hatred
art or anything that required me to be artistic. Eventually, I discovered that
I had multiple artistic talents that I did not recognize about me. I knew I was
a unique person but I did not know how and I eventually discovered it during
session six of Jumpstart. I was in charge of the book center for session six but
since I needed extra hours for jumpstart, my group leader told me to create the
materials for dramatic play to gain more hours. Not knowing what I was expected
to do in dramatic play, I agreed and it turned out that I was supposed to
create party hats. I was troubled by the thought of creating party hats because
I was scared that I would not know how to make them. Additionally, I did not
believe that I was creative and artistic. In the process of making the hats
over the weekend, I asked my roommate if they looked nice and she happily said
they did, but I did not believe her. Even with me being scared that the kids or
my teammates would not like the hats, I still decided to bring them with me to
session. When I arrived to session my teammates loved the hats and each of them
was excited to try them on. They asked me how long it took me to make them and
I told them that it took me a while. My team leader was happy that I devoted my
time into making the hats. I was happy to see that the other people saw how
creative I was and it made me realized that I actually had an inventive side of
me.
~Astou Talla
Corps member
Team Compassion
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