Tomorrow is GED graduation on the Unit. It means that I will have to get up at 3:00 am so that I get to the Unit by 5:00 am. Offenders from other units will transported to join our unit. We will take pictures, count noses, and get to Chapel ready for the ceremony to begin at 9:00 am. The graduation will take about an hour. This is followed by a 45 minute visit the offenders get with their families. Snacks will be provided. Then it is time for to regroup and return to their cells. Everything will squared away and I will leave around 1:00 am.
Tonight I am not looking forward to going to work tomorrow. It uses up my Saturday. Having that many offenders together in one place where they can have so much unsupervised contact makes me a little nervous.
But tomorrow I will glad to be there. For most of these men it is the first major accomplishment of their lives. Society, families, and themselves have given up on them. But I have seen man after man realized that he can accomplish something worthwhile. It is a big day for them. They also have their families there and that makes any day a special day.
So I will get to walk around and congratulate the men and be introduced to their families, introduced as the man that helped them so much to get their GED, and talk to the kids who are so proud of their fathers.
Yeah, I will feel good for being there. I will good for the men. I will feel good because in a small way I have done a little good for someone. And besides, I will get a comp day to use when every I want to. The last time I used my comp days I went to Colorado.
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