At school, I have an internship at Artix. I teach kids around the ages of 2-4 how to do art. Each week, we follow a different country and select a different art piece we have the kids mimic during the class time. During my internship, i work alongside 3 employees and another student at the post oak school. This has led to me interacting more with my community, and helped me alter my teaching skills to fit the needs of the 2-4 year olds learning styles. Aside from all of the teaching I was doing, I also needed to work on my organizational and cleaning skills, as I had to maintain a neat workspace and set up, break down for each class. I definitely learned how to work along all kinds of people, from toddlers to adults, and the skills I gained through this I utilize day to day. Although toddlers are hard to keep focused, the tricks I learned to keep them on track Im able to turn around and use for myself time to time.
Looking back at my Jamaica trip, I was able to see the affect the United States has on other countries around the world. America has a very bad rep in many other countries, mainly because of our president Donald Trump. Many of the people I met during my trip were blown away by the kindness and compassion shown from us as they assumed all Americans were ignorant and only visited Jamaica for the beaches. Through me and my classmates doing good for the community there we were able to make lasting connections with people in the community, but also I gained so many memories, skills, and lessons through everyone we interacted with. Jamaica is generally a very poor country, so it was very interesting to me how the community there lived day to day, and how they were able to be so happy with the very little they had. It was definitely a reality check for me, as I came back more focused on the connections with those around me and making ties with my community.
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