Today was a very informative day. Although, I spent some time in classes helping out, I spent the majority of the day researching for the WeSpeakOut part of my project. When Female genital mutilation was ever mentioned I kind of had an idea of what it was, but alway brushed it to the side because it wasn't something that was particularly relevant. However, today I spent a good amount of time researching it and learning as much as the internet could teach me. And now I recognize it as something that is incredibly important to be talked about, I wonder what more I can do to help. Upon the recommendation of my mentor, I watched the documentary Eve's Apple on Netflix. This film is a series of interviews with policy makers all over the world, as well as girls in Gambia and Kenya. Through these interviews, I learned of the horrors of FGM and of all the efforts that are in place attempting to end it. I highly recommend this documentary because it was so eye opening and educational.
Today I really felt like a teacher... from time to time the teachers have asked me to do organization things, and even grade a few things, but today I spent the whole day grading and organizing. It was pretty wild to think that I am grown enough to grade things! I always thought of that as something that held a lot of responsibility. It was really cool to do, and I was able to work with kids who I found we having a harder time understanding certain concepts. Putting numbers into grade books made my eyes sore! I really do have a greater appreciation for teachers and understand how sometimes they take a little while to grade a test or a paper. Aside from grading and organizing and the occasional sit down with kids to go over their work, I played a really good game of checkers... I am not a checkers player, but a second grade girl asked me to play today and I couldn't say no. She plays with her family so she was surprisingly good, and I was a little embarrassed to be getting beat by a...
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