Ahh... I think I may have ran him away.

The last week has been pretty crazy for me! First, our enrollment has doubled-- we started off with about 6 or 7 students overall and now have about 14 that come. It's crrrrrazy! Thankfully, there are some other volunteers who are covering other shifts throughout the day. Initially, I was the only instructor, working Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30am until 12:30pm. Now, because of this insane upward motion (of students), we now have a Monday morning shift (8:30am-12:30pm) and Tuesday/Thursday afternoon shifts (2pm-4pm). Again, thankfully we have some other dedicated folks that are willing to come in and help out. Otherwise, we would have to turn students away and that's DEFINITELY not what we want to do.

As discussed in class a couple of weeks ago, I was having trouble with one of the students who was saying some unnecessary things about other students in the class. Well, I took your advice and confronted him about the issue. I was very polite about it, and I was definitely extremely professional. For the most part, I THOUGHT he took it well, but then I assumed he didn't because he was not showing up to class after that. Well, this past week, I was informed that he formally withdrew himself from the program-- without an explanation. Now, I'm sitting here feeling completely terrible about the whole thing. Did I run him away or something? I talked to my boss about it and she said that these kinds of things are bound to happen and suggested that I not sweat it. Well, being the education advocate that I am, I can't help but feel bad at the fact that I may have run someone off-- meaning, I took away their education (in a way...????).

Anyway, with finals around the corner, I am excited to be almost done with my service learning! I AM EXHAUSTED! However, I will definitely miss my students and co-workers and I plan on working with them again when I return from England next year!

Peace,

J.C.