Fortune

In the last few weeks, SE Works has been screening its students for learning difficulties. It’s been an interesting process. The screenings and data-input can be a bit tedious and tiresome. However, the successes of the students definitely outweigh my dragging ass.

With some students, it’s as if an entirely new world has opened for them. One student, using an overlay for reading, said she actually wants to read now because it no longer strains her eyes. Another student was ecstatic to have a calendar for his wall that he could use to remember appointments and stay on task. It’s amazing what little changes can do for a student’s education.

At last week’s regional meeting, I really began to realize how fortunate I am to be at SE Works. Some of the other members regaled stories from their sites, and I was pretty surprised. It sounds like some sites were not prepared to have an Americorps member; resources, supervision, and workloads seem to be lacking. Other members shared stories about micro-managing, idea-happy, or hard-to-find supervisors. A few members said they had no one at their site that they could laugh with; I can’t even imagine! How fortunate I am to be where I am! I couldn’t ask for a better placement.