Katharine’s Reflection

I really think overall my workshop went significantly better than how I expected it to. I really think that I did a great job on reading the power point which my group and I worked very hard on. The other thing I thought went really well was how in to the workshop all the kids were. I feel like the way that we presented the activity was really impressive. We were all very in to helping out all the kids with any of the problems that they were having with the felt or the problems that they were having. I think that everyone had a good time even though I realize that we didn’t make chocolate or we weren’t playing games on the computer it was still fun.

As a group I think that we really learned about how a teacher feels on a normal day. It was hard for us to realize that our attitudes mean so much like if we act up, it really puts a damper on our day. It makes  us feel like we all need to work together to just get over it because some kids are just like that. They like to act up because they feel like that’s the only way that they can get attention. The way that we overcame this was just coming over to each other and discussing how we should approach this problem.

The way that I would have perfected this workshop was by changing up the seating arrangements so not everyone was with their friends. That way they could get more work done, because I could tell that they had a lot of potential but they were just getting distracted. As well as paying attention better, they could also meet people from different grades.

I really learned a lot about HIV/AIDS during my time working with the two workshops I did. I learned a lot about protection and how I can help out even as a teenager. I also realized that their are so many opportunities out there for teenagers to help out with so many different issues.

I thought that as a group in the set up groups it was really tough for me because one or two people just took charge. But it was a really tough thing to overcome but I did my best to help out with the small things they would let me do. The assemblies to be honest were a bit boring but that is expected because to me, all assemblies are boring. But I think that the end song was a really great end to the day. I think that it was really good.

I think that the process of the whole Teach-In and Volunteering was stressful but it was a very good thing at the end of the day because I learned how to work together with other people and see how other people work and their strategies. It was helpful because it showed me how too absorb different ways of learning.

I just really wanted to say thank you so much to all of my teachers and how much they helped all of my group with just all around working together and the ideas they gave us, they were all very helpful and striking.