Thomas Chang Playground

In the passage “The Playground” Thomas Chang talks about how the job as a recreational counselor, and how it helped him become a better person. He shows us how being a counselor was, as he put it, “one of the best learning experiences I’ve ever had” (Chang, “The Playground”). After reading Chang’s passage, I would have to say that Chang’s personality grows as the story goes on. At first, he lacks confidence about himself. When he first starts out at the job, he is nervous because he does not know how to work with kids. As the story goes on the reader can see how his confidence grows and he becomes a better person. I do not think that the essay is just about his job. The essay also shows how sometimes in life you must go out of your comfort