A
look back
I wrote my
first blog post about a week after I started my first session here at Jumpstart.
Now, I have about five weeks left until the END of session. The time surely did
fly by. What can I say? Jumpstart is
truly wonderful! I have seen the most incredible growth in the children at my
school and it warms my heart. I would like to share with you my reflections as
the year is coming to a swift end.
I have
learned quite a few things from working at Jumpstart this semester. First,
children don’t want you to pretend when you talk to them. They want truth and
they WANT to learn! Before jumpstart, I didn’t really know how much children
crave knowledge and now that I do, it helps me in session a lot! Second, we
(members of Jumpstart) have the power to really impact children’s lives. We
have the immense responsibility and honor to enrich their world with vocabulary
and skills. Each day that I go to session, the children participate and answer
questions, laugh with me, and engage in the program, which is incredible!
Third, their minds are constantly growing and molding into the people they will
someday be, which makes me feel proud to know them. I think that’s really what
I’m trying to get across here, I am abundantly proud of not only being a member
of jumpstart but also the children I work with weekly. I go there to teach
them, but in return, they have taught me. They have taught me how to be more
patient, more animated (read to reconstruct, you guys know what I mean, ha-ha),
how to look at the world with a more imaginative mind, and much much more. I am
grateful to have found out about Jumpstart and if I could describe my
experience in one word, it would be proud.
Now, to sum
up my thoughts. There have been so many, and I mean countless, amazing moments
that I have had at Jumpstart, that I can’t pick one. Instead, I will say that
no matter what kind of a day I am having, good or bad, stressful or not, every
Monday and Thursday that I head to my site, the day gets better. The children’s
smiles, silly laughs, moments of understanding, and general great personalities
warm my heart and brighten my day, without fail. Not to mention my amazing team
who always makes a laugh!
Thanks for reading about my experience!
Sarah Katz
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