Tuesday & Wednesday at the Childcare Course.....Oh and a gunman & druggies....

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Tuesday was a good day at the Childcare Course but was a busy day. Lots to read through, lots to write and we all practised changing nappies on baby dolls again. Good day but I was very nervous this time! I wasn't fully aware of how bad this suburb was. On the Monday there was a gunman driving around shooting and frightening people. This took place literally around the corner from where my class is. And a lot of places around this area were under lock down. So I was nervous walking around that area. Same with Wednesday but Wednesday was still a good day. Was very easy. We watched a documentary about babies which....was alright. The girl next to me was bored out of her mind though. Every time I looked at her she was sinking lower and lower into her chair. Gave me the giggles. After that we just did arts and crafts all day. We had to create things related to nursery rhymes. As you can see in the picture, I coloured in / created that for the nursery rhyme "5 Little Ducks." I picked that because I sang that a lot as a little girl. The teacher printed out a lot of things we could colour including these ducks but I drew the eyes on and coloured them in. At lunchtime, the girls and I encountered a woman who was high on some type of drug. She eventually left but then we saw 3 different men walking around who were either drunk or high because they were walking oddly and not straight. One was yelling something and from what I saw, he was yelling at no one. Then after class, as I was walking to the train station I was stopped by another druggy ( you can just tell ) who asked me for money. I explained that I only had money for public transport and he seemed cool with that thank goodness. Turns out he was catching the same train as me but as he sat there in the train he started singing and laughing very loudly. Then threw a can of whatever he was drinking around on the train. Don't get me wrong! I'm in no way judging these people! But during lunch time these girls were explaining how bad this area is since they live there and how many times they have been attacked or threatened for not giving up their money. So it does worry me! A LOT of police cars circle the suburb I'm in. I was wondering why this was so weeks ago when I first started this course. Now I know why!