Volunteering (8 hours)

            This semester, I decided to spend some of my volunteer hours tutoring middle school students from my hometown and aiding them with everything from math homework to studying for geography quizzes. For my time spent working with them, I have not received class credit for any of my current courses and I have not been paid for my work. I have been tutoring 3 pre-teens for 1-2 hours per week for the past 4 weeks. All in all, this time adds up to 8 hours (Not all were solo tutoring sessions; sometimes they would all meet together if they were working on the same things). The most recent tutoring session was earlier this morning from 11am-12pm. One of the young men I tutor, upon returning to school from fall break on Tuesday, has an exam on the geography of Africa. I traced out a map of Africa, including the mountains, rivers, and oceans surrounding it. I then had him take it twice; once after having studied it for 10 minutes and again after taking a break to work on Language Arts. This circumstance is very similar to my typical tutoring days.

            Tutoring is something that I very much enjoy. I love being able to help kids make connections between topics they are learning and it makes me feel as though I have succeeded when I see them succeed. My plan is to continue tutoring these kids for the duration of this semester and, depending on both mine and their schedules for the Spring, I hope I get to continue working with them in the future.