Something about kids just draws me to them. How they're minds work and how they're so open to new ideas and new concepts intrigues me. I think I realized that I really wanted to work with them because I love the results from helping them. I love how some kids begin really unreceptive and unresponsive to whatever you're trying to help them with, but with persistence they're just like a flower bud that slowly starts to bloom. (what a corny analogy...)
Anyway, kids can be really discouraging at times. The ones that I don't bond with, I feel like I've failed them at some point--failed to be a person they can relate to and look up to, failed to be someone they can trust and open up to...
This camp that I'm working at for this week is really cool. The theme is forensics and we're teaching 5th and 6th graders different ways to solve a crime (ex: blood spatter analysis, fingerprint dusting, etc.) It's super cool, and the most awesome part of it is that these girls grasp ideas that I didn't learn until my freshman year in high school... stuff like DNA in cells and how our entire digestive system works.
Kids are cool. :)
