Week 22: Snowing

Trekking our way to school.

"Boom.  Everyone's getting As now."

They amaze me every morning with this.

This week was full of:  The first snow days that CPS has had since 1999 - not just one, but two!  Also, inviting a junior to sit and share advice with two freshmen boys during lunch, starting to read Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos with my freshmen, worrying about a student who confided information about his home life to me (and dealing with the social worker), our teamlette retreat at our school with another City Year team, and bronchitis.

Quote of the week: "I remember everything he said... don't sit in the back, don't sit by your friends, make sure you pass your classes because summer school isn't good..." - A freshmen after chatting with "Pookie"

Joys:  Getting some sleep!  Seeing Pookie empowered by being a in a role model position and warning freshmen not to make the same mistakes he did, feeling special when a freshmen invited me (repeatedly) to watch him race at his track practice, helping M and D sign up for after school programs, and seeing students and staff freak out when we wore regular clothes to school one day.