Blog 4

Now that I have been at the Lydia home a couple times, I am now reaching the end of my volunteering.  I have been working with a lot of kids but the kid I work with the most is a little boy named Davonte.  While going to the Lydia home for the first time and now being there for many weeks my perception on the kids have changed.  When I arrived to the Lydia home, my first perception on the kids was that they are uneducated and never wanting to do anything.  I received all that perception because of the neighborhood I had to walk through and also the building Lydia home was located in.  While being there for weeks, I have noticed that Davonte and all the other kids were not like that. 

While being at the Lydia home we always start off with snack time.  After snack time we get started on the homework.  I have been usually working with Davonte and I am always seeing improvement in his reading, math, and spelling.  Like I said before I did not think these kids never wanted to do school work.  Every time after snack time Davonte always is the one coming up to me and telling me what chapters in his book he finished the other days and also what he has to get done that day with me.  Joyce does not even tell me what chapters for him to do and also Joyce does not even tell Davonte what he has to do.  Davonte always comes to the Lydia home and wants to learn.  I never thought Davonte was going to be like that and my perception on him was way off. 

While being pretty much done with the Lydia home, it is really upsetting.  I have built such a strong connection with all the kids and they trust me with a lot of things. Like I said in my first blog, the kids were really shy when it came to talk to me.  Now the kids treat me like their friends and we get a long so much.  I have learned so much from the Lydia home.  The biggest thing i have learned was, to not be so judgmental on people.  I went into the Lydia home having a certain perception on the kids and now that I am done I do not want to leave because my perception has changed so much.  I have learned to not be so judgmental on people and i should definitely what until i get to know someone before I judge someone.