Overview

I fail at blogging. But I'll try to do a recap of the past few weeks:

Head Start: Went recruiting, visited houses, completed enrollment packets, saw poverty, discovered the meaning of "approach each house as if it's a mansion," ran the center for a day successfully, 2 weeks vacation.

Life: Went to Myrtle, went home, car broke down, waited, came back down with different car, shot guns, rode a horse bareback, canoed/swam, got tan, went to Myrtle, planned group project (more difficult than it seems), worked on nutritious cookbook, helped out with Fresh Start, woke up this morning and got a cup of coffee.


Elaboration: "Approach each House as if it's a Mansion"

My supervisor told me at the beginning of the summer that sometimes we would go out to parents in order to recruit and fill out paperwork and mentioned this phrase. I was sitting there trying to figure out what she meant...Does it mean that I should approach it delicately? With the understanding that they were far beyond what I knew, but I should see it on the opposite end of the spectrum? I didn't get it.
Then I went out in the field, got to know her, got to know the people. The first time I went out to do a parent visit, it clicked. This may not seem like much to me, but to this person it might be all they have. The point of this statement is that I shouldn't feel sorry for them. No one wants pity, everyone wants respect, and if I believe that I am somehow better than this person then it will show in every way I interact with them. Your home is a mansion, this is beautiful, you are beautiful.