Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Pretty much the same in lego. The kids got right on task. However, we're starting to have some problems with attendance and commitment. Some kids were excused because they talked to either Thien, Paul, or me, but a majority of them haven't told us anything. In fact, almost one entire team was missing today. They only had one representative there. We're considering just disbanding this team and letting the last guy go into another team. But before we did that, we called the kids who haven't showed up. We got mostly machines, but one of the kids' moms said that her son didn't know when we were meeting. I guess that means that we'll have to put something in the bulletin clearly stating when we meet, where, and maybe a little warning saying that missing meetings can be grounds for dismissal. Sure, its tough, but we need the kids there. We can't just have them showing up the last day without doing any work.
I really hate it when we have to do these kinds of things. It puts us in a bad position, where we have to be mean. But we need kids that will commit. Otherwise, they can't come. But I think that this will be an important life lesson for them. They need to realize that they can't just make commitments and not follow through, and that other people will be depending on them.

- Kyle Norquist