I chose WebOrganic’s program as my service learning project because when comparing the other 2 projects, it seemed that I could perform better in this project. Originally, I joined it mainly for fulfilling the school’s graduation requirement, however, after I started this program, I found another objectives. In this reflection, I would like to share what I have observed, thought and felt, what have been achieved or can be further improved of the workshop.
The target students of this program are primary students from low income families. This program aims at providing poor students equal opportunities to access to the internet, helping them to learn necessary computer skills to facilitate their self- learning at homes.
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If they encounter problems or have unhappiness, they may not eager to share their feelings with teachers or their parents because of the generation gap or the identity difference. Besides as a teacher, we will also take an important role as a listener and friend, listening to mentees’ problems and sadness. By doing so, we provide them a channel to express their negative emotions, which hopefully lead them to healthier mental and physical developments.
In addition, Grass also mentioned that 2 of our mentees were in special studying needs- One girl has the symptom of Attention Deficit and / Hyperactivity Disorder while another boy loves touching others very much and he may hurt other without knowing it. However, both of them have not been diagnosed or verified by doctor. Although that boy said he had friends at school, I doubt whether it is true. During the workshops, I found that he seldom interacted with other mentees, he just talk to one of our mentors.
Furthermore, I found that family hardship will not hinder their multi-developments. A girl shared with me that after school, she will go to learn ballet and violin, which costs her family around $1,300 per month. It indicates that parents’ great ambitions for their children, they do not want their children become less competitive and fail at the starting point, so they try to contribute the most through their limited