Something new everyday.

2 hours down so 5 more to go. 20 hours in total
Three appointment today, three different kind of people. I learn something everytime I go to my mentor and I love it. I already feel the experience of being a mentor and some parts that involves being a counselor. What I learned today? hmm... Well I learned that theres different kind of people that can go to you. As a counselor you accept this a do the best of your capability to help them out. Today on of the appointment was an old man,  he was about 50 plus of age. For that appointment, my mentor told me that some people they wouldn't believe that he's the counselor. But, he respected my mentor when he talks. The second appointment was a guy that used to be part of a gang and used to be in jail. Mr. Nate Nevado told me that when you encounter people like this you have to keep it chill and make sure you dont offend them. The guy told him that he wanted to change and help kids. He wants to get back to help his community. He's already part of a program that helps kids to not go to a path that he took when he was a kid. My mentor told me that always have eye contacts because you dont want to show the person that youre scared. Its making it seem like youre judging them and kind of pushing them away. The last appointment was a guy, pretty young too. He was kicked out of Cal State in the East Bay because he wasnt focus on school. He went from a 4 years to a 2 years school. Well thats what all that happened to my mentor today.

Last day in class

 2 hours down 7 more to go! 18 hours in total
The last day that I was in my mentor's class was pretty cool. It somewhat felt like I was in a high school class but there was some difference. I really like how he teach his students. I feel like if I was in his class I would actually pay attention and not just sleep. He likes to be active and have group works for his class. They had a quadrant table and he gave out post it. They had this website when you text a code to a number it shows how many people text and the percentage of class. He connected the voting and the quadrant table to the time management topic.I was there for the whole class period,

good day

9 more to go. 16 hours in total
For today, we had two appointments. It was a straight forward appointments. All they talked about was what classes they need and how can i do all the classes. They figured out when can they take it and whats an easier way. After that I saw him performed at the UYES open mic at the cafeteria. He performed with one of his students, Holly. It was the first time her family seeing her perform and see her rap, including her friends too. They killed that performance and Holly's second song touched me. It was a very strong and powerful song.

First day in class

2 hours so that means 11 hours more to go. 14 hours in total
Today I went to skyline early so I can see my mentor teach his class. He was teaching a lot of students. It was a pretty cool class cause they're we'r actually paying attention. They did a a scavenger hunt around the campus. The purpose of the activity was to make sure the students know where the resources they need for school or something they need. They had to take a picture in the building or whats on the paper and they have to show the TA or Mr. Nevado so they can get points.

Judgement

 2 hours done 13 more to go! 12 hours in total.
Today we  had two appointments for him, one girl and one boy. I learned today that a counselor needs to recognize if a person is nervous or not. You figure this out on the way they act when you first saw them. He saw her progress report and figured out what she needs help on. He talked to her about it and she said it wasn't a big deal. He connected with her when they had a similar problem. After the appointments, we went to the cafeteria to just chill and chat. He introduced me to two guys that are part of the hip hop club in the campus. Today was a pretty chill for us.