Matt Tung 2nd Blog Post

I've never really done any type of service-learning before.  We had plenty of opportunities in my old high school to do it as well and I never did it.  Instead, I would sign up to do manual labor type service activities.  I think that this was mainly because I was too afraid that I wouldn't be qualified enough to teach younger children.  However, one of my new year's resolutions was to try and step out of my comfort zone more and try new things, even if I end up failing.  For this reason, I'm extremely excited that this activity is MANDATORY for this class because I don't think I would have done service-learning if it was not. 
Even though I don't have much experience with service-learning, I do have a considerable amount of experience teaching and working with younger children.  I have many younger cousins, nephews, and nieces that I get along very well with and sometimes I help them with their homework.  Over the summer, I helped coach middle school athletes on their baseball skills as well as learning how to properly lift weights.  Even in my boarding school, I was a dorm resident advisor for underclassmen.  I'm hoping I can transfer the skills I've picked up over the years working with younger kids and properly apply them to this new service-learning opportunity.
On a separate note, I'm trying to start reading for fun again to help me with reading comprehension and writing skills for my classes.  I bought a book called On Mental Toughness at the beginning of the year but never ended up reading it.  The reason I bought it was because I thought that if I was going to read something, it would be more productive to read a self-improvement book.  I could improve my reading comprehension skills and learn how to be more mentally tough at the same time.  I just started reading it again this week.  I'll be honest, it's extremely hard to motivate myself into picking up that book and reading it.  I've failed many times in reading the book and always prematurely stopping.  The main reason is that there is no central story, it can be very boring at certain times.  I guess I'm not very mentally tough yet.  I'm considering re-reading a book I loved called Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins.  Unlike On Mental Toughness, Goggins tells his life story and provides his insights on how to be mentally tough.  I think I'll get more out reading this book again because the storyline makes it both entertaining and somewhat relatable rather than just reading strategies on how to be mentally tough.