My first take away from the village project is that you have to be able to take your time and not get frustrated if they ask way to many questions or repeat them selves you just have to keep saying it until they get it or until you have answered all their questions. My second take away is me showing up every week to spend time with the kids means a lot and they enjoy us showing up every Thursday and Friday, I remember when we had off on a Thursday and we weren’t their and so many of the kids were asking where we were and it just shows how much they like that we are there and show up. My third take away is showing that you listening to them means a lot because they like the fact that we are acknowledging what they have to say. My fourth take away is having the opportunity to go out into the field and be with these kids and have some experience is not an oppourtinity that so many other schools do not offer and having the opportunity to spend a year with these kids are special. My fifth takeaway is that a lot of these kids use the after school program as kind of an escape and that every time we are there we should try to be a good role model and it means a lot more to these kids than we think and it also impacts us as well. My sixth take away is we show up not for our grade but for the kids and the teachers helping out with he after school program because a lot of these kids are a little wild and are a handful and we really help the teachers when we go out to recess. My seventh take away is the impact I have made on some of these kids there was one little boy and according to the teachers at the after school program said he doesn’t really talk ever and he really opened up to me and a lot to me other village project members showing we make a impact on these kids. My eight take away is the connections we have made with these kids like when we go out to recess we know what a lot of the kids like to do and the connects we have made these kids are special and we strengthen them ever week. My ninth take away is that I learned that I enjoyed teaching younger kids more than I thought I had and that I would be open to teaching grades k-8 in stead 9-12. My tenth take away is that there is nothing that makes me happier then getting to go see those kids and the smiles on their faces when we play tag or catch and reminds me why I go every week.