-: Like I say, you get all kinds,
all shapes, size, colors and everything,
and different personalities, I mean,
sometimes you're laughin' with the students
and sometimes you're sittin' there cryin' with the students.
But what they take from that,
or what I take from that, sometimes is different.
Students come back to see me for a lot of different reasons.
Some of 'em are missin' their families at home,
and we try to make our office feel as family,
and welcome, and warming as possible.
So we have so many students that come in
because we're family, and especially with our PSSI students,
we're together for five weeks in the summertime,
we're all we see.
In the fall they run back to the office,
and if it's for a hug, a snack
or some encouragement.
Sometimes you need to kick 'em in the butt,
and other times you need to say,
"Hey, I understand."
But there's so many different reasons
that I just love workin' with them.
I think the Lancaster Partnership students
that don't have meals,
and I saw that when I worked in high schools with them.
When we had programs, and we were bringin' food,
and parents were saying,
"Do you mind if I take a plate home to my kid,
"because right now we don't have anything at home."
So we expect these students to come to this university,
and they got free lunch in high school.
How come they can't get a free lunch here?
We need to start a program,
we're trying to work with different people
to get something like that started,
because there's a need, and in order to keep
students in school and see that they're successful,
and working, and being persistent to a graduation,
sometimes you have to do things like that.
And these students today, they're not askin'.
They'll walk away from somethin' before they ask.
So I think it's harder sometimes, when you know they need it
so we just try to provide it,
and go from there.