service learning

Friday when I went to service learning I walked in the class room and saw that there was a sub in the room. The kids were being loud and out of control but as soon as I walked in the settled down quite a bit. I found it interesting that already I'm a familar face and I feel that little kids act out of line when there isn't a familiar face around but when one shows up they know they better behave. When I got there there was a note for me to work with one of the students. I helped him with his math and it was a struggle. He was not cooperative at all in the beginning. I stuck with it and was firm with him but at the same time careful not to be too mean and finally got through to him. We got all of his math done and then the directions said for me to just have him color so we colored and talked. He told me about his family which consisted of his mom and sister. He never mentioned his dad so I assumed that his father wasn't around much. After he was done coloring and it was time for me to go I took him back to the room and told him I had to leave. He put his arms around me and told me he couldn't wait for me to go back.