PACTT+2011-10-20

It seems that this year, though our meetings with the PACTT students are going well, things are just a little scarier. This past week, Taylor, one of the tallest and strongest of the PACTT students, grabbed the hair of his teacher and wouldn't let go. I tried to help disengage his hand, to little avail, and one of our kids went upstairs to get some help from the PACTT staff. This situation turned out OK - and no one from Parker was in any "danger" - but this has been a kind of "in your face" experience for our kids. They like it a lot - and they are beginning to develop relationships with the kids from PACTT, to their great satisfaction - but they're also realizing that this is not a seamless process or an easy thing to do all the time. The PACTT students are loud sometimes, flailing about sometimes, invading personal space sometimes, unresponsive sometimes, frustrating sometimes, and we are learning patience, inner strength, other important personal qualities.
 * Second Field Work Day of 2011 (10/20/11)**