What is the best strategy for surviving the robot apocalypse?
A squirt gun Please describe your ideal pizza. Just so, so, so much cheese. Enough thick tomatoey sauce to really compliment the cheese. Buttery, crispy, bready crust. Some combination of sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, and black olive, but usually only two of the four, or ham and pineapple. Favorite spice? Salt - it makes everything a better version of itself What are you superstitious about? "Jinxing" things Best Halloween costume? The universe Hidden talents? Identifying songs within the first 3-4 notes and singers voices in songs I've never heard. ("What's this?" "This is Aretha Franklin covering Adele. Shazam it and see." Favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird Tell the world a little bit about your 826 volunteering so far. So far I've only done in-school programs ranging from early elementary mad lib fairy tales to high school music criticism. I really like the ones where I'm working with the same group of kids over time because it's the closest thing to my previous life as a teacher. Favorite 826 memory? I had a writer say in week 5 of a 6 week workshop that she hadn't thought she could write a story but she kept trying and found out she could and she was really proud of the thing she created. It's like someone fed her a line from the 826 manifesto, except she was 1,000% sincere. Words of wisdom to fellow and future volunteers? Grown ups are much more able to support and guide kids when we remember their brains and experience are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay different from ours. This is like the hardest thing to do, but I think one of the most powerful things you can do while working with kids is to try to imagine how they're thinking about and perceiving things. Check out Andrea's Volunteer of the Month Write-up Here! |