Day 3


 Day 3:


Hours: 9-2, 4-5

Total hours: 18


I spent most of the day today hearing a lot about the program. I drove myself into Boston for the first time, which was a challenge in itself. I got to sit in on another class for the first part of my day. I should explain how the lessons work and what they consist of, so I will do so today. Anyone can join the upstairs adult classes who have not finished high school. The class I sat through today was math. It was simple algebra, which was factoring and expanding. I got to stay there and be a tutor for people if they needed it, which was a completely different experience. Spending my whole life having been taught by adults, and now being the one teaching them was a crazy new experience. Then, I worked with the toddlers again, followed by shadowing another class, this one just of mothers. I was fascinated by the class of mothers. This class was amazing because it was a safe space for these women that have all been through a lot of tough times. When I was done I talked to Joni, the teacher of that particular class, and she said to me that it was important for her to know that there is a safe space these women can go to to learn and grow as people and really challenge themselves. I left early this day because I was feeling sick, and spent an hour later in the day researching how important it is for women who have suffered trauma to have safe spaces they can go to. 

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