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I am Lee Smith. I am 20, and a volunteer in the West Garfield Park area of Chicago!
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I volunteer though a group called Mission Year. I work at an employment center in a computer lab during the day helping people with resume's and such. In the evenings, I volunteer at afterschool programs.
My weekend plans are to be bored out of my mind saturday because I have all day training, and I am sick. Sunday I will go to church and that is probably all.
My weekend plans are to be bored out of my mind saturday because I have all day training, and I am sick. Sunday I will go to church and that is probably all.
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I like what I do most of the time. One of the after school programs gets a little tricky working with the kids because there idea of what's appropriate and what is appropriate is two completely different things. 1 quick example is I walked into the gym one time and one of the older boys was in his boxers(well his pants were around his knee's like normal) and had his shirt off playing basketball. He was stopped for a second talking to two girls. From what little I observed nothing bad happened, but they thought there was nothing wrong with the fact he was half naked(in a compromising way), or the fact a lot of the music they like shows half naked(or naked) women.
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Keep in mind both the after school programs I work at are secular, though one of them you would think otherwise. I agree it is crossing the line, but it's a matter of how do you deal with something like that in a secular environment while keeping a Christ loving attitude where that is not considered inappropriate without causing mass chaos? I honestly don't know.
Another example of something that happened in my other after school program I work at is 2 sisters(5 and 7) got their first "bra's" yesterday. They wear uniforms with button up shirts to school. I had already caught some of the kids in the van writing cuss words in the fog on the windows. Because of this when one of the girls went "look at this" I turned around to see what they where doing(I thought someone was writing more cuss words). It turns out that they had decided to unbutton their shirts and show their bra's off. Obviously not a good thing, but they didn't know better. I tried to react in a calm manner, and to tell them to get their shirts buttoned back up, but one of the other sponsors went off yelling at them. I felt that was not appropriate since they didn't know better, but once again, what is truly the best way to deal with a bad situation in a secular environment where they don't realize it's inappropriate, and going off and talking down to them is only going to make the situation worse. I did meet with the girls after we got to the center and explained to them why they got in trouble, and why they shouldn't do that.
Another example of something that happened in my other after school program I work at is 2 sisters(5 and 7) got their first "bra's" yesterday. They wear uniforms with button up shirts to school. I had already caught some of the kids in the van writing cuss words in the fog on the windows. Because of this when one of the girls went "look at this" I turned around to see what they where doing(I thought someone was writing more cuss words). It turns out that they had decided to unbutton their shirts and show their bra's off. Obviously not a good thing, but they didn't know better. I tried to react in a calm manner, and to tell them to get their shirts buttoned back up, but one of the other sponsors went off yelling at them. I felt that was not appropriate since they didn't know better, but once again, what is truly the best way to deal with a bad situation in a secular environment where they don't realize it's inappropriate, and going off and talking down to them is only going to make the situation worse. I did meet with the girls after we got to the center and explained to them why they got in trouble, and why they shouldn't do that.
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I think it's awesome you volunteer at such a place! My volunteering is usually at places that are much less troublesome (and probably much less rewarding!).
I am moving to Chicago in May or June....
Do the subways take you to the West Garfield Park part of Chicago?
What's your favorite place in Chicago?
Where's the best pizza to be found?
I am moving to Chicago in May or June....
Do the subways take you to the West Garfield Park part of Chicago?
What's your favorite place in Chicago?
Where's the best pizza to be found?
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To say that your places aren't as rewarding because they are less troublesome doesn't always make them less rewarding...It all depends on you as a person, and where your heart is.
Yes, they do take you out here, but I wouldn't come as a tourist.
To say I have a favorite place is hard, but I would say Navy Pier or Mellenium Park
The best pizza is a really hard one. There is a place called Pizzano's(I think that's how it's spelled) right off michigan ave and Madison. There there is Home Run Inn pizza, and a whole host of other pizza places.
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Technically I won't be alone, as I will be spending the evening with my roommates doing stupid stuff required by the program I am in. But yes, I will not have a date once again.
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What is the matrix?Ask me anything you want. Just be careful you might get what you asked for!
How do I get out of here?
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It is a figment of your imagination. You are just experiencing delusions from a snake bite. You must find Luke Skywalker so he can heal you!
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