Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Josh's class visit

 Josh's class visit was not what I was expecting.  I expected at least ten nonverbal children to come visit NDNU who suffered from certain disabilities.  I thought we were going to sit around in a circle and hum a few songs.  Instead, Josh brought three adults who were verbal, but had some disabilities.  We did not sit in a circle and do what was planned out, instead we went up a hill and sat on some benches in a nice part of campus.  My class watched as the three visitors ate their lunch.  I along with the others in my class were unaware to bring food, so it was a little awkward standing there watching them eat.  While they were eating my class got to know a little about each of them.  Personally, I wish we would have kept with the plan and ate on the grass in front of the mansion.  Where we ate was nice, but there were beer bottles behind the benches and one of the students Josh brought kick one.  That could have possibly been a dangerous situation and all together probably wasn't too professional.   Once they were done eating we all went to walk the 5k course.  Walking the course was fun.  Everyone spread out which allowed my class more time to talk and socialize with Josh and his class.  We walked to the top of the hill where we waited for everyone else to catch up.  That part was a bit unorganized.  At the top of the hill we didn't know where the rest of the group was and some of us had to leave for our next class.  Overall I learned that sometimes plans change and being able to adapt to the situation is important.  I enjoyed spending time with Josh's class and was even able to learn some sign language.

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