Reflecting on Operation Gratitude
I basically gave my reflection in the “I’m so proud” post below. Now, I’d like to hear the varied perspectives of those who:
1. went and stayed until 2:00
2. went and stayed til 12:00
3. could have gone and chose not to
4. wanted to go, but didn’t write the letters in time (but wrote later)
5. didn’t write any letters
Please add your comments here
How did you feel about your role in this project? Any regrets or things you would do differently? Things you feel good about? How should we proceed from here?
I went by again today for a couple of hours. It was awesome, and very different from Friday. Many more people, loud music blaring, someone videotaping, and the head of the organization spoke to us. She talked about how Operation Gratitude is spreading nationwide. Cool!
May 30th, 2006 at 8:45 am
I left at 12noon but even though I didn’t stay to long I still felt good on helping.I look forwardx on the next field trip.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:46 am
I’m one of the people who left at 12:00.
it was cool being there and we got a lot of work done as well.
i wish i stayed longer but i told my mom id be back early and i wanted to be with a friend of mine….this is a good organization to be a part of; there should be more people who do these kinds of things!we should get the whole school doing this, not just a few classes. the more we spread, the faster things get done, and the more we can do.
~^_^~
May 30th, 2006 at 8:46 am
It felt good about helping how people how are risking there live and how they go out there.I think this was the best thing I have ever done for somebody and I hope we can go again.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:47 am
I WROTE 1 LETTER ONLY,AND I DON’T REGRET IT BECAUSE I WOULDN’T HAVE GONE ANYWAYS.IT WAS FUN IN ALL THE CLASSES I WENT TO SO I DON’T REGRET ANYTHING I DID.
BUT I THINK THAT IF ALL BOTH CLASSES WENT IT WOUOLD BE MORE HELP AND MORE FUN I GUESS.
-.:LILY:.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:48 am
I didn’t go to the armory but I did the two letters but it felt good that I wrote the letters because at first I didn’t want to write the two letters but then when I started it felt good and I wanted to write more.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:49 am
I wrote 2 letters but turned them in late. I wish I had wrote the letters everyone seems like they had fun. Next time I”ll do my H.w even if there’s nothing in it for me I guess I’ve learned a lesson.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:49 am
I think wat we did was really kool.I really think that we did some good there and i hope to go again cuz it was really kool to go and i had lots of fun,and it i felt all……good u know like if u were to do something good. Which we did.
I really really really really hope we go again!
May 30th, 2006 at 8:51 am
I went to the armory thinking that it would be boring, but once I started working it became FUN!! yay. okay but anyways I realized that after working with all our class mates, I got to know them better. I had a great time and I’m very proud of myself. I’m glad I went b/c if I didn’t I probably would’ve been bored out of my mind. I had a great time and hope to go again soon. Thanks for taking us. :]
May 30th, 2006 at 8:51 am
I stayed until 12:00 eventhough I left early I really enjoyed being there and helping out.I would like to go back another day.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:52 am
I stayed until 12:30.I felt good about my role and I think I was a big help.The thing i would have done differently would have to write more letters. I felt good packing all of those packages for the soilders.I think that if we told other classes to go to the armory over the weekend.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:52 am
I’m one of the many people that wanted to go but I didn’t wrote the letters in time. Once I wrote the letters I felt a sparkle of happiness and it felt great knowing that I’m helping other people feel good.I wish that I would’ve done the letters on time. I hope next time I can go.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:53 am
I could of gone to the field trip but I chose not to go & I also didn’t come to school because I went on a trip to T.J for memorial day weekend. I felt good writing the letters. Next time I would go to the field trip. I think we should go there again but come back on time so we could be here early enough to go home from school.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:55 am
I wrote 2 letters, and I don’t regret it because some people only did 1 and some people didn’t even do it at all. It was a lot of in the field trip because we helped a lot and I even got to have some fun. I wish that my other 2 friends came because it would have been more fun and we would have had a lot of help but it was a lot of fun
May 30th, 2006 at 8:55 am
I was there until 12:00. i was unloading packages of popcorn,medication,magizines,stacking boxes,and opening candy.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:56 am
I didn’t go but next time i would love to go from other peoples responces to how it was it seems like fun. I wrote 4 letters but turned the 2nd in late.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:57 am
I wrote the letters but lost them.I felt bad and still turned in one letter.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:57 am
When I was there I had lots of fun and enjoyed helping the armory. I never took a break and did every job there was near Mr. Kashman that was open to work on. I left at 2:00 so I did lots of work and there wasn’t lots of people around replace others. I would like to go again to help around to feel good again.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:59 am
I felt that my role in this project was pretty umm….medium? I think that it would be medium because um……even though there are alot of people doing the same thing, most of the people would play the same role.I guess when there are alot of people having the same role , that would make the role umm…….medium?I dont regret anything but i think i should have done more jobs.I feel good about helping someone or more than one someone.i think we should do the same thing we did except make the whole school participate.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:59 am
I didn’t go on the field trip because I wrote only one letter. I took time on it as I felt better and thankful. I made a good letter, and it will make someone happy and it will make me happy too.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:59 am
I’m a person that left at 12:00. Even though I left early , I felt good inside . I would like to go again .
May 30th, 2006 at 9:00 am
I didn’t go to the feild trip nor,did I write any letters. I hope we could do it again so that I could write letters.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:01 am
I didnt write any letters |). it doesn’t matter because I wouldn’t have gone to the armory anyways. All the classes were boring.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:01 am
It felt good knowing that you were helping the armory sendig care packages to the people serving Iraq etc…..When we were writing the lettters it felt good , because when they get the letters they will be happy . They will be happpy because they don’t get letters often.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:01 am
I wrote the two letters and left at 12:00. It was fun helping and it felt very good doing something for people. It was also fun jumping in boxes. I hope we go again cause it was fun.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:02 am
i didn’t went to the field so i want to go next time.
peace out dude!
May 30th, 2006 at 9:02 am
IT WAS FUN JUMPPING IN BOXES.IT WAS COOL B/C WE WERE HELPING THE ARMY.I WANT TO GO BACK ON ANOTHER FIELD TRIP. IT WAS FUN.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:03 am
Hey I am neither 1,2,3,4,or 5. I am 6 because #6 is I could have gone ,but I went to San Francisco. I would have really wanted to go if i were here ,but I couldn’t ,but I really want to go next time.Well bye!!!!!!!!!!
May 30th, 2006 at 9:03 am
I wrote 2 letters so i got to go to the armory.It felt really good to go there.:) I really want to go there again.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:04 am
I stayed until 12:00 because i had to pick up my sister from school. I worked on foot medicine, powder, cookies, boxes, and cream. I enjoyed it I would like to go agian.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:05 am
I DiDN’T GO TO THE FiELD TRiP BUT i WROTE TWO LETTERS AND WRiTiNG THE LETTERS FELT REALLY GOOD :]
May 30th, 2006 at 9:06 am
i am one of the people that went and stayed til 12:00. i felt really good about helping the people that protect our country. i also felt good about what i did because i got to make packages and write letters to make them feel they are loved and that people cared about them. i really enjoyed it since it was fun to do it with my friends. i dont have any regrets since i got to help people feel that they are needed, cares, and loved. we can get more people to write letters and help out with making them packages so they can send more packages and letters so the people protecting our country can feel loved, cared for, and needed.