10/28/09

Yesterday did not go very bad. At first, I was a little bit tired and cranky because I had just come in from working at my other job. I was asked to lead a carpetball tournament for the kids as part of the olympics thing that we are doing this week. It went well for the most part, but a lot of kids began arguing about who won the games. They all kept trying to talk to me at once and I almost lost my temper with them. Finally, I just told them all that they need to calm down or we won't play any more.

Later on I decided to do the science experiment that I had planned for the day which was to place a cube of ice into a clear glass full of warm water to see if it would overflow. As an incentive to get the kids to come, I told them that they would earn five points just for participating. If they answered correctly whether or not the water would overflow, they would earn an extra five points. Most of them answered correctly. Here is the link to the webpage where I got this idea:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/iceoverflow.html

The rest of the day was spent doing clerical work and cleaning. I finished recording the hourly attendance for the month of October. After that that my supervisor asked me to enter in the points that the kids received from turning in their report cards. They received 25 points for just turning it in, an additional ten points for each A, and an additional five points for each B and C. Most of the kids received As and Bs. I was asked to redecorate the bulletin board and hang up pictures of all the staff members and pictures of the youth council members doing different things. My last job for the night was to clean up the gym, snack room, and game room.