The Road to a Brighter Future
For about four years, Peer Helpers has made many friendships with the children attending River Hills. For people who don’t know what this school is all about, it’s a public sponsored school for students with moderate, severe, and profound developmental disabilities. With approximately about 150 students attending this school, our Peet Peers have about 5 to 7 in one classroom. It gives us a bigger chance to become friends with people who we call in other words “different.”
“We’ve met so many new people, and we established new relationships with the children at River Hills,” says Mrs. Samek, the teacher for Peer Helpers. “I think as a group we appreciate what we have a lot in common with the kids rather than our differences like everyone would think.” River Hills has influenced me in many ways. I’ve become friends with people I never thought I could be friends with. People look at theses kids as different, when we actually are a lot alike. We do the same things as them; eat the same things, play outside, play games, all the things we do, they can do as well as us.
“I love getting to meet new people and seeing how their lives are since they have disabilities,” says Marissa Rowen, a former Peet Peer. “You realize they’re just like us, and they have great hearts. They see the world just like we do.” I agree with Marissa, the only thing the kids from River Hills want is a friend. They just need someone to listen to them when they need someone to talk to. They always open up their hearts to everyone and would be friends with whoever wanted to be, and I think people like us should do the same for them.
The kids have influenced me and many other people in so many ways. They’ve opened up our eyes to see new things in the world; instead of judging them by the way they look. If you haven’t been in Peer Helpers, I definitely suggest taking it next year, it’s a great experience.
For about four years, Peer Helpers has made many friendships with the children attending River Hills. For people who don’t know what this school is all about, it’s a public sponsored school for students with moderate, severe, and profound developmental disabilities. With approximately about 150 students attending this school, our Peet Peers have about 5 to 7 in one classroom. It gives us a bigger chance to become friends with people who we call in other words “different.”
“We’ve met so many new people, and we established new relationships with the children at River Hills,” says Mrs. Samek, the teacher for Peer Helpers. “I think as a group we appreciate what we have a lot in common with the kids rather than our differences like everyone would think.” River Hills has influenced me in many ways. I’ve become friends with people I never thought I could be friends with. People look at theses kids as different, when we actually are a lot alike. We do the same things as them; eat the same things, play outside, play games, all the things we do, they can do as well as us.
“I love getting to meet new people and seeing how their lives are since they have disabilities,” says Marissa Rowen, a former Peet Peer. “You realize they’re just like us, and they have great hearts. They see the world just like we do.” I agree with Marissa, the only thing the kids from River Hills want is a friend. They just need someone to listen to them when they need someone to talk to. They always open up their hearts to everyone and would be friends with whoever wanted to be, and I think people like us should do the same for them.
The kids have influenced me and many other people in so many ways. They’ve opened up our eyes to see new things in the world; instead of judging them by the way they look. If you haven’t been in Peer Helpers, I definitely suggest taking it next year, it’s a great experience.
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Nice, I learned alot about peer helpers. You don't need to improve on anything:)
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