During my first week at BJM, I was assigned to monitoring and playing along with the children in the gym. Although I quickly realized that it would be implausible to have me race against 5-10-year-old children, I made many observations during my time there. It is generally accepted that children are very energetic, but I really saw this first hand. I was very surprised to see that after their full day of school they were able to yell, scream, and run around the gym for an entire hour. I also was quite surprised with the obstacle course they had concocted, which included climbing up a short wall, running full speed and climbing up another wall, swinging by a rope from one mat to another, and then running full speed to the start line and tagging their next teammate. I thought this worked quite well and showed how competitive, even the youngest of children, can be. The carefree attitude of a child is strangely refreshing and I look forward to getting to know some of these kids and their interests in the coming weeks.