Easley 8

Today was my last day at Easley.  Being the first day back after break, not many kids had homework to do, so I played some foursquare with the kids.  There was one girl who was constantly on the phone, surprised me.  Even while she was playing other games she would be texting on her cell and everyone would have to wait for her to finish.  I’ve seen similar things among other kids her age so I don’t think it’s a poverty issue.  I just thought it was very rude to constantly be texting while others have to wait for you.  I didn’t say anything but I feel like someone should. 

I also noticed a group of girls coloring in a corner.  When I investigated further, I saw they were all color turkey's.  I have no idea if this was by there choosing or not but I felt like kids back home would be coloring Christmas things now, not turkeys. 

Easley 6&7

            The day before thanksgiving break was pretty empty.  Everyone was just playing games, excited for the long break.  I noticed that there was a lot of new equipment over there at Easley.  They had a brand new foosball table, ping-pong table, pool table, and air hockey table.  I have no idea where they got all this new equipment but it was sure a hit with the kids.  I’m glad to see that someone hasn’t forgotten about the inner city kids and has made a large donation.    

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Digital Outline

• Hearing Aids
• hearing trumpets
• carbon hearing aids
• vacuum tube hearing aids
• transister hearing aids
• behind the ear hearing aids
• implants
• cochlear
• auditory brain implants (ABI)
• random pictures

Easley 4&5

Today was the first Friday I volunteered at Easley.  On Fridays, the kids don’t really do any homework, instead they just play games the entire time.  I joined a group a kids playing Foursquare.  The kids are intense players, and they wore me out really fast.  I also played some Foosball with one of the younger ones.  It took all my skills to lose while making it look like I was trying.  Towards the end of my 2 hour session, a few of the little boys had grown attached to me.  That made it hard to leave, especially cause we were in a good game of Frisbee when 5:00 hit.  I was surprised of how coordinated some of them were.  I’m pretty sure I couldn’t throw a Frisbee like them until I was in my teens. 

Easley 2&3

Today at Easley, I was helping a young man with his science homework.  While helping him, I underlined a few things in his workbook for him to read.  When he gave me a weird look, I asked him if it was ok if I could underline stuff in his book.  Apparently he’s not allowed to make any marks in the workbook and has to rewrite every question he is assigned.  I remember the rules that you aren’t allowed to write in texts books but this was a workbook.  Are the public schools here hurting so bad they have to reuse workbooks each year?