My Self Reflection

 Have you ever thought of giving something back to your community? Volunteering is the best way to give your community beneficial things. I did my volunteering task at the future center. My role was to teach the student and help the teacher when she teaches them. In the beginning, I think it is a very hard task because they are disable people and I think that it will be difficult to deal with them. After that, I feel more comfortable because they accept me and they love when I come to them. It was a great experience because I help them and I think that I give something to my community.

I learn several things from this experience. First of all, I learn that we should accept any kind of people. Moreover, I learn how to teach some of the disable student. For example, disable student are not the same as the normal student in the way of learning. When I teach them, I have to repeat the lesson more than one time, so they can get the idea. Second, I learn that if you want them to work better, you have to motivate them.

This experience changes my mind about the volunteering. Before this experience I thought that volunteering doesn't make any change in the community. After, I went to the future center I figure out that if every person who can volunteer helps a poor or disable people, the relation between poor and rich people will be stronger and that will make the life in the world better. I hope to do more volunteering in the future. This experience makes me different because I help disable people.      

The Interview

The interview

    1-    When did you start your work here?

      She said “2007”

   2-    What are the challenges that you face when deal with the student?

      She said “First of all, I should accept any kind of student no matter how difficult their problems are. Second, sometime we ask them to do tasks that are higher than their levels, so they don’t do it well, but by the time they start to learn”

  3-    What is the future center?

       She said “This center take disable student and teach them a lot of beneficial things. In addition, it teaches some of them how to work. For example, some of the learn how to draw and how to create some pictures. Future center try to send a message for the society that disable people are same to the normal people”.

  4-    What are the benefits of the volunteer student?

She said” The big benefit is that they adapt to deal with normal people”

  5-    Do you have levels in this center?

She said “yes, we have and some of them go to the normal school after they took some courses”

Note: I did this interview in Arabic. 

12-5-2014

Today, 12-5-2014 from (8:30, 10:00) was another good day of volunteering for me. As usual we met in the future center at 8:00. I went to my class to complete my work. First of all, I helped the teacher when she was start the class. For instance, I motivate the student and organize them. Second, I teach my student a lesson on the computer. I l teach them how to write their names and how to draw a graphs. One of them did the work very well, but another one had some problem. The teacher told me that this student is very good student but he has a problem in his eyes. After that, I teach them math. For example, I teach them how to add numbers. Both of them did a good work. It was a another good day for me. 

5-5-2014 another day of volunteering

Today, 5-5-2014 from (8:00, 10:00) was another good day of volunteering for me. We reach the future center at 8:00 to complete our volunteering. First of all, I helped the teacher to teach them the basic things. For example, we took the attendance and we review with them some small sentences. After that, I teach two of the student how to use the computer. For instance, I teach them how to start the computer and how to use the Word. Next, I teach them math. I teach one of them how to count the number from (10 -40). I teach another one how to add some numbers. It spent a great time with them and I hope to do better work in the coming days.    

30 - 4- 2014

Today, 30-4-2014 from (12:00, 1:00) was another good day of volunteering for me. We reach the future center at 12:00 and we complete our volunteering. The first thing that I did it this day was teaching one of the student the numbers from ( 1-9). After that, the English class started. In the English class, I helped the teacher in teaching them many things. For example, we teach them how to read some small sentences such as “I want milk”. In the end, we give them money and they have to come to us to buy sweets. I hope to do better work in the coming days.   

28-4-2014 Another Day of Volunteering

Today, 28-4-2014 from (8:30, 10:00) was another good day of volunteering for me. As usual we met in the future center at 8:00. We also met our teacher and we talked about how the volunteering going. After that, each one of us went to his class to complete his work. When I enter my class, they were singing some songs. After that, we teach them how to differentiate between colors. For example, we put different colored stamps on the floor and when I tell them the color, they have to jump on it as fast as they can. Some of them were very fast, but others had some problems. Next, I teach two of the student how to write and read some letters in Arabic. One of them was very good and he finished quickly, but another one had a problem in writing. It was a great day. I learn many new things. All of them are very nice and they respect each other. Disable people can do many beneficial things for the society.

third day of volunteering 21-4-2014

Today, 21-4-2014 from (8:30, 10:00) was the third day of volunteering for me. We reach the future center at 8 am. After that, we took our volunteering vest from the reception to complete our volunteering. When I reach the class, there were few students, so I wait until all of them came. We began the class and the teacher start to take the attendance. Next, I teach Mohammad the numbers from ( 1-3). I didn't found difficulty in teaching him because he knows them very well. We teach all of them how to use the telephone. In the end, I teach another student how to organize and count the number from ( 1-9). I spent more than half an hour teaching her because she get confuse when she count. I felt board when I came to the first time to the future center, but now I feel more excited to do more work there.