Tuesday February 14, 2012 Blog Post
Mary Lynn volunteered me to design a program for an event the school is having for African American History Month on Friday. I met with the woman in charge named Kim and she told me her ideas that she wanted to see on the program. I told her I'd have to take it home and do it on illustrator. I ended up spending 5 hours on it and she loved it and had it blown up large hanging around school and had 500 copies printed in color small for everyone to have in the audience.
Mary Lynn also connected me with someone at the Everson to have a job teaching kids art on Saturdays. The woman called me and we set up an interview for next Thursday at 11. She seems to really like Mary Lynn and called her after and said I must be good if she is recommending me.
Today the kindergarten class went a little better, we discussed it afterward and I think it will make more sense to limit the categories of the words they write. Also it will be good to write the poem first before drawing it. The first time I did it, I had the kids write a line and turn the paper over and draw it, but it seemed like a lot for them to keep turning their papers over and over, so to simplify it I think it will work better just getting through the poem and then illustrating afterward. I wasn't sure if they'd be able to read their words and remember them to illustrate later but we can review it somehow.
I went to the grocery store after school to get Sonya something and didn't have enough money so came home and then realized I forgot her laptop and the school so ran there and then back to the grocery store to get her a valentines day gift and after I got done cashing myself out I looked ahead and there was OMAR! I was SO happy to see him and couldn't believe he was standing right there in front of me. Such a weird string of events that lead to us being in the same spot in the same time. I don't think it was a coincidence. He was with his cousin who was translating some of the things I said. I got his address and apologized for leaving the school and told him I got switched to another school. He said, "What school is this, Miss?" I told him which school I was at and asked about the project we started and asked if he'd keep in touch if I wrote him. I gave him a big hug goodbye and plan to send him a letter in the mail with a collage. I would love to keep in touch with him and thought I would before I ended up leaving. I thought it would be nice to see how he grew up and to be able to help him with art and English. We had a really nice bond. So I hope to see if perhaps his family will allow me to tutor him once a week in art and English.
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