Day #4!

Well our third week at the Hispanic Center was the week that we were supposed to attend Fun Fiesta Friday, but as it turned out this was their spring break week so they were postponing it until the next week :(  We all had to reschedule our volunteer times and since I had to work I went in by myself the Wednesday of that spring break week.

Since it was spring break and they didn't have any tutoring or after school sessions for the students, it was kind of lonely.  I was given busy office-type work to help out with the staff so that they didn't have to stay so late to get it done.

I was first put to the task of making copies of the GED quizzes of the different subjects.  This actually came in very handy the next week when I worked correcting the quizzes that students had taken.  After making those copies and organizing all of the subject folders, I worked some more with the WIA and B2B files that I had worked with before since I was so familiar with them.  Some students were in the process of being "exited" so I had to clearly make sure that all of their files were in order and that all of the needed papers were in there.

After finishing these tasks and a few other small ones, I was asked to do research on the DREAM Act.  The Hispanic Center was having people come in to talk to the students about their future opportunities and the staff wanted me to find more information so that the students could take home a paper that would help them continue to learn more.  So I researched and learned so much about the DREAM Act for the last hour and a half.  It was so interesting to read about the passing in New York and California and how it was Michigan was working on passing it in our state as well.  It definitely reminded me of talking about the DREAM Act in class and it also showed the differences of the Latinos in Michigan versus those in New York and California as the provisions for the act in these states were different.

I can't believe my time with the Hispanic Center is almost over, I feel like I just started yesterday!