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Skimmed and read my book safe passage. It wasnt at all what i though it was going to be about.  It was more about delinquency within teenagers, ex: alcohol, drugs, sex, violence, and how to prevent it. I marked it up and there is some stuff i can use but it doesnt really relate to my experience at UES. So now i am reading and marking up my second book, life space crisis intervention. This one so far is better. It talks so far about how to deal with situations like when kids are stressed fighting with something. And the best way to handle it. I actually wish i had read this book before going to UES because there were certain situations when ms. baker wasnt in the room and i had to deal with the kids fighting. Good to know for the future though!

December 10

Today i asked shannon all of the questions so that i can use them in my presentation. We didn't really do much besides the normal.


I spent an hour here

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There are about 2 hours that are not blogged about because i forgot to do so at the time.

December 13

Today i had to be alone with them for a couple of minutes again. I like it better that way because i feel like someone isn't constantly watching over me and so i'm more relaxed. Charlie was having some problems with talking a lot and when he starts talking, you  usually lose him after the first  2 minutes. Shannon noticed this and talked to charlie about how he can check in with someone to make sure they know what hes talking about. She showed me a book that they use characters from. it's called superflex.
I spent 35 mintues here

December 18

Today not a whole lot went on. It was pretty mellow, they just ate and played games.
I told Shannon that the next time would be my last, and she didn't know if she would be there or not. Hopefully she will be.
I spent 35 min here

December 20th

Today was my last day. It was kind of sad because i'll probably never see these kids again and i don't think they really understood i wasn't coming in anymore.

There was another kid, max here today. At first the boys were just eating but then Ms. Baker had to go somewhere for a second which turned into almost 20 minutes, and i had to watch them. They were acting very crazy too. I tried to do what she would do but it's difficult for them to take me seriously because i'm a kid too. I had to balance between being strict and making them eat and not yell, but not too over the top because i'm not their teacher and that's not what i'm there to do. They never really calmed down so i guess what i was doing didn't work. Then when she came back she had to take a phone call and so i had to keep them quiet.

I spent 40 min here today.

November 29

Today Shannon was very busy and she said this is what pretty much her whole day is. Usually when i go, it's the calmest. 

I spent 35 minutes here

November 26

Today not much happened

Shannon talked to me about how we could find a book and i can read it to them at lunch then we can talk about the meaning behind it and what they would do in that situation.
I spent 1/2 and hour here

December 4

Today Shannon never showed up. When i walked upstairs i found charlie and ethan sitting at a table by themselves waiting to get in the room. So i sat with them but she never came. They continued to eat their lunch and then i let them have play time like they usually do. It was cool to be able to be on my own with them because it feels more laid back and like i'm not being judged. There were some times where i had to ask them to stop, like ethan slamming something on the table making a lot of noise. and running in the hall trying to poke each other. 

I think it's very irresponsible of the school to know that Shannon wasn't there, yet not tell the boys or myself. During that time they were unaccounted for and could have been anywhere 

I spent 35 minutes here

December 6th

Today there was a new kid, Seth. he's going to start coming every so often.
All of the other boys were there, Owen, Charlie, and Ethan.

Owen got in a fight with Charlie because charlie made a joke about a video game. He walked up to him and told him they aren't friends anymore and they never will be. So i got to see how Shannon handled that and she talked to Owen about how that wasn't very nice and charlie came over to explain what his joke meant. Then they were fine once owen apologized

Then owen got mad at seth for taking the leggos he wanted during play time. Shannon had to talk to him again about how he needs to handle things better and that those leggos are very anybody to use.

At the end she told me how it was hard to have new people around him when he's not used to it.

I spent an hour here