Reflective Blog 1 GM

I started this course very excited to work with a service learning agency, I thought it would be a great way to learn and write about something outside of my range of schooling and personal knowledge. Thus far it has kept with my expectations in that regard. I have only been able to volunteer for a total of 3 hours, and I am looking forward to the rest. My first day with the HEP Program left me feeling excited, I was able to sit in the classroom and be of help with the subject they were learning because it was in my field of education. I thought the teacher did a fabulous job including me in the discussion and using me as a resource. The students seemed engaged and willing to learn. The second and third days were not as fulfilling. I was put one on one with a student needing help and motivation to study math, I mostly just sat there while he listened to his Ipod working his math problems. Not so exciting, I had to wait for him to ask me for help which were moments few and far between.
I have experienced a bit of frustration because I signed up for this particular agency not only for the program itself, though I thought it to be a wonderful program, but because it claimed to have evening hours available. I have a full time job on top of school, and work another volunteer job besides HEP, and I have found it to be very difficult to juggle my schedule to include the required hours at the service learning agency. They after all, do not function in the evenings. So I feel behind in my obligations to the program and my class work associated with the project.
The research I have been doing has drawn me into caring about a subject I never considered before. I like many, had my opinions on immigration and the policies associated with it. Like many of us, I got my information from the news, which I realize now is bias and incomplete in the information provided. I have changed some of my views because of the research I've done, and found I feel passionate about the subject. It is refreshing to get a new perspective on something I took for granted before. I have found enormous amounts of information on my area of focus, which I am glad for in more than one regard. I am glad there is a conversation happening about health care for immigrants, and that there are people willing to put their education to use for others. I am also glad that I can find so many resources to use for my subject.
Overall, I am still looking forward to asking more questions and getting more involved, and thus learning even more.