Young Men's Club - 4/1/08

The biggest news about today didn't involve any of the boys in my club today. It involved little Miss Britney and the incident from yesterday. I approached her to find out if she had her written notice signed. She told me that her father told her that she had to apologize to me. Which she did. (Ha! Ha!) But it gets better. After the clubs ended, her mother came up to me and, not only made her apologize again, she apologized on behalf of her daughter, and told me that Britney would be giving me a written apology as well. Now that's what I call parenting. I loved it. As far as the Young Men's Club went, it was fine for the most part. Only about 7 or 8 kids showed up today. So it was fairly mellow as a result. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all wine and roses. In fact, the usual suspects continued to push the limits and I continued to punish them. I added a new section to the drumming piece that the boys seemed to pick up pretty quickly. I've also started teaching them Romeo's speech. The, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks," one. Thankfully, we've got plenty of time. That one's going to take a while. But they do seem pretty open to learning it. Lastly, because the club was held in the gym, I was able to let the boys just run around and play tag for the last 10 or 15 minutes. I know this analogy may sound disturbing but they're pretty much like pets. You've got to give them a little time to run around a little bit in order to keep them in line. The big difference is that I don't get to use leashes.