Detention Center Week 2 Reflection

While I was a bit sad I wouldn’t get to work with the girls again, I could tell that the Post D kids were also willing to share stories with us, which I was grateful for. Nick J and I paired up with one person who was really excited to tell stories about his family, his interest in cars and being a mechanic, and the ambitions he has for a man cave in the future. I think telling these stories really animated our story partner since he got excited about the idea of being a mechanic and having his own business. It’s like what that one person said about speaking the future into existence. I think he was happy talking about a future that could be his later. He respectfully listened to my stories and when I brought up the task of working out for my first story, he launched into a discussion about how he hates doing push-ups and prefers running. I think I had a bit of trouble connecting with him on my own because we have different interests, but he and Nick got along well with me interjecting here and there. Also, we didn’t really follow the storytelling model as well (listeners didn’t tell it back), but we just went with the flow of the conversation, which I think worked better in this situation.

Other than the stories, we talked about our favorite characters with superpowers since it came up during the prompt on superpowers. We also talked about car models we like since it came up when our partner told his dream story. I noticed that our partner’s body language was respectful when we told stories, but he kind of fidgeted a bit when telling his, and he was always moving around. I noticed that he also was interested in college, just like the girls I was with last week. All these kids seem to have future ambitions they’ve been thinking about for a while. I was wondering how the whole going to campus thing might go if we get the chance to do it. While I preferred connecting with the girls because we have more in common, I’ll settle for any situation because I know that we just have to work with what we’ve got.