Chris Juarez Period 4 A Good Deed Served When this assignment was handed out I found that I was skeptical about doing this project. I had never performed community service before so therefore I was scared and taut of what to do. There were so many choices to choose from that I picked out something that I knew I was righteous in. That choice was to serve my community at the local kids' daycare called Rainbow Daycare right off of Aviation Street and next to Manhattan Beach Blvd. I had served as a Junior Counselor years before so I knew what to expect, except now I was dealing with a much younger audience. Since my house is located further north in Hawthorne I have always driven by this location and found it to be rather inexplicable because I had always seen the kids jumping on the fence wanting out of the what seemed to be wearisome place. So upon my first day of arrival I signed in and was given a very brief description on what to do. The only circumstance the director said was "If you cannot find nothing to do, go up to any child and ask them what game they would like to play." It seemed simple and easy, yet would I only know the forthcoming nightmare. From the start of opening the small three-foot gate, kids gathered around grabbing my leg and shouting for joy. It felt like being an alien yet actuality treated with a welcome and the kids made your fear disappear right a way. I made a friend right off the bat too, his name is Jordan. He's a cool little guy that loved to play my favorite sports activity; basketball. The mere three and a half-foot giant grabbed my hand and picked up a basketball to start shooting hoops right away with me. It was fun; it was a good feeling inside to make a child's day because he actually had a partner to play a shared love of sport with him. He'll always remain my favorite in that whole class. Meanwhile the other children who I forgot about because I was playing with young Jordan were complaining about wanting me to "chase" them. I guess that is the thing for the kids of today, they like it when older people who are faster and quicker than them to chase them. Even though the older kids let them run away and think they...
