Whew! My husband and I took 4 kids to theEvangelical Lutheran Church in America's National Youth Gathering in New Orleans.
What a wonderful time! All the kids (yep - 37,000) spent at least 1/2 a day working somewhere in the city on a service project. The total hours of work finally tallied equalled one person, working 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 90 + years! My group took a bus to Dr. Charles Richard Drew Elementary, a K-8 school in the 9th Ward, where we scraped and painted classrooms. Our evening gatherings took place in the Superdome, daytime activities took place at the Convention Center. Frankly, it was very moving to be in New Orleans even tho many signs of Katrina in tourist-traveled areas have been revitalized.
Something I'd like to discuss with this group was one popular (rampant) kind of social networking - texting. I have a new respect for the Middle and Upper Division teachers - how do you all control this during class? Talked with my college age daughter about it and she apologetically said that her peers were equally bad - texting others during conversations with her, for example. Clearly this is a case where technology has shot far ahead of current social 'rules.'
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