My morning started with a bang today! I recieved a phone call on my way to work about the chicken embryology that I have been doing. Unfortunately the lamp had not been warm enough, and the chick that hatched over the weekend was suffering from labored breathing. I stopped by first thing and changed the bulb to warm up the tank. The chick died just a short while after I left, but luckily the teacher was able to explain to the kids what happenend without them being too upset when I came back in the afternoon. The other eggs are really rolling around the incubator, and I am hoping that we will have more hatching this week.
This evening I was able to sit in on the camp counselor training. Camp is in the beginning of July, so things are really starting to pick up. It was funny to see the split between youth excited about new modules and those not so excited about the online learning modules. We did some teambuilding (I taught them mafia, outlaw style!) they choose menus for the week, and worked on the schedule of events for the week. I think they got quite a bit accomplished, but as usual they were really rowdy (for my liking).
I guess that leads me to my observation for the evening. I have learned that I am not very tolerarant of people who are loud, and distracting. In fact, I think it might be one of my pet peeves. I have discussed with Mark the ways in which to deal with this, and I think that I am coming along very well! I know that dealing with a crowd is part of working with youth, so I'm sure that I will adjust the more I work with groups.
This week I am starting to finish up on lots of projects and housekeeping. Wednesday is Senior Fairboard, and Thursday is the Ohio Foundation Presentation in Columbus. I am very excited to get to sit in on these events, and I hope that I can learn from them!
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