SOS 4

After SLI I just wanted to sleep forever, however that is not biologically possible unless you’re dead. This week has been another great fun filled week. I currently mentor 4 children and they all are sweet sometimes. I find myself asking myself what type role model I want to be; I can’t figure out if I should be like an old man and share all my knowledge or like a 17 old kid who is fun and cool. Since I started mentoring children I really learned a lot about how parents' lifestyles and choices can have an affect on their children lives. Sometimes I feel as if I have little to no impact on my mentees, however my views were changed when one parent said to me, “ Thank you for taking time to hang out with…  and he had the biggest smile on his face.  At that moment, I can feel the difference more than see the difference, and that good enough for me to change my mind. My only concern/complaint is about technology; technology is a great tool that has helped moved the forward and has done great thing. But I have to say that some of the children I work with are so connected to their devices that they become disconnected from reality in a way. The moments when I feel like I fail is when one of my mentees has a phone or tablet in their hands and they forget I am there. On a different note, all of them are friendly and I hope I can be a little sweeter lol.