Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Choose Your Own Topic


So right now, I am in this tutoring thing that I have to do through my Math 223 class.  For it, I need 20 hours of some teaching stuff so we took a field trip to Chicago Public Schools and that was 8 hours and then tutoring is 12 hours.  I have had to go every Wednesday for basically the whole semester from 4 – 6.  It is really not that bad, just time consuming because I always procrastinate my homework so Wednesdays are typically the best days for me to do homework but tutoring sometimes puts a damper on it.  I always bring homework with me to do, like this blog assignment.  I go with a group from my class and there is also another group that tutored last semester but they are overachievers and continued tutoring this semester also.  The most annoying thing is that kids never come in.  I have been here for 30 minutes already and no one has come in yet.  There are 8 people here and no kids.  I think this whole semester I have helped 2 kids; one with English and one with telling time. When kids actually come in to get tutored, they typically go to the other group because the kids knew them better. So for the majority of the time, I attempt to do homework but I really only accomplish the blogs.  I normally forget my computer so I hand write it out and to waste time, I actually count out how many words I have to make sure I get the minimum of 300 words.  Then when I get back to my room, I type it all out and upload it.  Overall I like tutoring when I get to tutor children but otherwise, it is pretty boring.  On the plus side, since it is our last day of tutoring, we get ice cream. Day will equal made after that.

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2 comments:

  1. I'm so jealous! I can't wait to work with kids, that sounds so exciting. I'm sorry that they don't really come to you though that's sad. I would be a little irritated. But free ice cream is always a plus.

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  2. That does seem rather boring. I'm sorry you didn't get a better turn out.

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