My first week back at BJM, I worked with two boys on their homework.

I helped Samuel with his English homework. He was very determined to get it all done because he wanted to play when he was home. He had to make alliterations. He spoke Spanish at home and Spanish seemed to be his primary language, so helping him come up with alliterations was a little difficult. It reminded me of my summer job where I helped young Korean students with English grammar. Nonetheless, it was really fun and I even got to speak a little bit of Spanish with him.

I also helped Elijah with his math homework. He was fooling around for a while, saying that he knew how to do it all and could do it later. To which, I responded, “Doesn’t that mean you can finish it quickly now, so you can play and worry about it later?” He ignored me saying that he can just do it at home, and he wanted to play with his friends now. Even though I gave him that advice, I realize that sometimes I don’t even follow that logic. It made me realize how much of an “instant-gratification monkey” I had inside me. haha.