Senior Project Reflection Essay

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As we were told about Senior Project, I was conflicted from the beginning on what I was going to do and confounded on who I wanted to help and what organization to choose to help. As I gave it more thought, I decided to work with kids. I volunteered at an after school tutoring program that helped kids who needed help with homework or any other learning difficulties. I volunteered 3 days of the week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I want to impact the future generation and help them acquire as much knowledge they can before they have their mindsets and know what is good and bad with the world. I want to facilitate with their future and help them understand everything a little better, maybe provide a different aspect to living and how the world …show more content…

In the beginning of me starting my volunteering, I was skeptical on whether I would be able to deal with kids knowing that I had always had hard time with them. I choose to volunteer with kids so I could get out of my comfort zone and learn how deal with kids like an adult. I learned a lot from volunteering but most importantly, I learned to how be patient, how to communicate and how to be more enthusiastic. Managing with kids taught me to be more positive and to be calm in the most chaotic situations. You need to have the ability to hide your frustration in every bad situation because kids need to be dealt with patience and care. Throughout my whole volunteering, Mrs. Farrow, who was the coordinator at the program, also helped me feel like I was at a safe place and that I was comfortable helping the kids, even when they were not behaving. She helped me understand when I didn’t know what to do or when something was very confusing. Volunteering made me realize that sometimes everyone can use a little help, even when they don’t ask for it. It is okay to help someone without having a motive or any agenda behind it. Helping people makes you feel like you are making a difference even if it wasn’t in a a big way. Helping something is good for you and the person you are giving aid. It turns out to be positive for everyone involved. Volunteering made me realize I like working with kids and maybe in the future, I can consider my career where I get to help

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