Senior Project Reflection

My senior project was to assist the Boys and Girls club staff with supervising the children as while as organize events such as basketball, football, and dodgeball games. As while as hopefully serve as a positive person in these children's lives. The first 15 hours of my project were mostly spent on helping out and planning events. The second half thankfully was more action heavy, I actually organized games and tournaments. The only planning that went on during the last 15 hours was scheduling and trying to find better ways implement my games/tournaments. The second half of my project mostly consisted of organizing games usually basketball and air hockey tournaments. This made the last half of the project more enjoyable and engaging …show more content…
Other challenges were kids being “sore losers” during tournaments which I would rather have than kids not caring about losing. While there were some difficulties the majority of the project went smoothly. Every single difficulty that I faced was worth it because usually it lead to a success. Whether it was a kid growing in their skill of a certain game or a kid growing into a better person. The result of my project can't necessarily be seen, there is no physical product all I just tried to be a positive person in the kids lives and help them when necessary. My goal was to try to help what I view as a under funded program (Boys and Girls Club) by assisting them with monitoring the children and organizing events. I accomplished this by doing just that. The Boys and Girls Club in Talent, Oregon is honestly a very unorganized environment and the staff doesn't engage with the kids whatsoever so I tried to help where I could. Some employability skills I improved on was my listening skills and how to better collaborate with others. I also learned how to better manage my time and how crucial planning ahead is. Part of the reason my first fifteen hours took so long is because it was poorly planned; I usually only went once a week at the start due to me being able to juggle work,

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