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This week I only got to meet with the kids on Thursday because they are still finishing their PSSA testing. When I came into class most of the students still had a section or two they had to finish working on so we had the kids that were done go into the studio so they weren't distracting the kids working. Mr. D went into the middle room to work with a student from my partners group on an edit. I went to the studio with all the other kids, there was only three students done so we just sat around and talked about their thoughts on the projects and what they wanted to go to school for. It was a very chill day I got to know the kids a little better and talk with those that aren't in my group. As more students finished their test they came into the studio and became part of our conversation and started some of their own with each other. Half way through the class martin, a student from the other group came up to me and asked if I would show him how to work the studio cameras and some of the different moves that they should know for their NOCTI training. I was so excited to be asked to show him something instead of the normal whine I get when I tell the kids what we will be working on for the day. As I was helping Martin with the different camera movements and learning how to focus another student from my group Francee came up and asked if I could show him the same things. This made my day even better; Francee is one of the students in my group I can't get to do anything with the group. He loves to write and work on his own projects, but that's just it. If it isn't his work he isn't interested and he is afraid to learn new things since the other kids already know them they give him a hard time. Today was very laid back and not so much productive with our groups but it was a great day interacting with the students, getting to know them better and having them open up to me. I also found new ways to work with different kids, ways to get them involved or to learn something new they otherwise wouldn’t want to do in a large group.

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