Third Meeting: First Hands On Work as a Peer Mentor December 10, 2013

I felt curious as to what the next session might hold for all of us. Everyone sat down and started talking about the video trying to develop it more from where we left off. Mr. Ramirez came into the room and told us that we were going to be working with actual people that were actual clients with the program. My client (whose name is confidential) had experienced some of the same things that I have experienced and could relate to. We talked for two hours about how he could cope with some of these problems logically  and sensibly. I was really amazed to find out that he and I could relate to each other so much and see eye to eye on many things! The situations were different for both of us, but the experiences were the same. He was younger than I was by about a year, his childhood was a little shaky, and his high school was getting kind of tough. I told him what my great grandmother had always told me: "Just remember that as soon as those hard times happen they will just be another part of the past the next day." He looked like he was taking it to heart as our session ended.Mr. Ramirez gave us the last hour to talk about our video project and to come up with new ideas that would make it different than most skits and videos. We all thought of the same idea: give an insight to how the bully feels inside and the possible reasons why they bully others. I felt that if I was watching a video like that I would feel more compassionate towards the bully and try to help them as much as I would help the victim. After ending the session I felt that helping that client made feel like I had done something good and that I was giving back to my community. The next thing I needed to do during the next session was to do more research on bullying for the project. 

Time logged for this session: 3 hours 

Total time logged: 9 hours