Recently, I was hired by the YMCA to be a group leader. Basically that means I do all the same work as the site director, minus the paperwork and extra inchargeyness. Oh and I get payed less...
Today was my 3rd day working there. (Or my 2nd normal day, since Friday was kind of a freak day with a sub and me working more than my normal hours. ) I'm pretty sure at this point that I'm going to really like this job. That is if I can ever get used to the idea of this goddamn-grownup-schedule.. For the first time in my life, I don't have my afternoons open to laze around like the fattie I am. From now on, my work schedule is from 2:45 to 6:00 every weekday.
From what I can tell after three days of working there, there are 4 different types of kids in the after school program.
1. Kids I like: Most of the kids fall into this category. These ones are well-behaved, not usually annoying, and for the most part, listen when I ask them to do something.
2. Kids i Love: A few select kids have clung on to me since day one. They're extremely well behaved, and most importantly, A-freaking-DORABLE!
3. Sorta Annoying kids: These children are annoying. And if I wasn't being payed, I probably wouldn't choose to be around them. But hey they aren't too bad. They behave some of the time at least.
4. Horrible Monsters: Ho-ly crap. This kids are CRAZY. I understand that some of them have problems at home, but it's hard to handle these ones with only two staff members. The worst is a pair of sisters who spend their time deliberately breaking rules for attention, peeing their pants on purpose, slapping other kids across the face, kicking staff members, and licking eachother. D:
My Site Director was saying that in October they might try to add another 20-something kids to our program...all I have to say is that if they add any more kids, they better plan on adding more staff.
