Today I volunteered for 2 hours. For the first hour, I helped the kids with their homework. The one boy I was helping with math seemed to be focused on anything but his homework, so it took almost a full hour to do 15 problems on his worksheet. I helped another girl with the same worksheet and she breezed right through it. For the boy, I had to spend 15 minutes trying to explain just one problem. He seemed frustrated but I think in the end he got it.
During the second hour, I went and sat outside and watched the kids play for a little bit. It is interesting to see how they interact with each other. After sitting outside for 15 minutes, I went back inside and some of the older kids were in the homework room so I went in to help them. One boy needed help with math and I made an attempt to help him. Another girl needed help with her biology so I helped her with that. They started asking me questions about Belmont and college in general so we talked about that while they did their homework. They seemed really interested in college, which was a cool thing to see.
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