So today I am hoping that it is not a drag, but sometimes these types of days are necessary to revitalize the mind. My wake up time was about 12:35 p.m. and I started with a bowl of oatmeal and pecans. Yumm!!! Such a good breakfast to start the day.
Normally on Tuesdays, I have General Biology 1 and Organic Chemistry 2, but today I didn't go to Biology because I was not feeling well earlier this morning. I plan to go to Organic Chemistry 2 although the teacher is not great all. He spends all of lecture, one hour and fifteen minutes, just pointing out chemicals and telling us what goes with what. I mean, "Can you teach us please?" That's your job right? Because of his poor teaching approaches, I have spent the past couple of months reading the textbook on my own. I have been teaching myself and trying to keep up with the lectures. Speaking of keeping up though, I have lots of reading to do for that class. I think Biology is my best class though because I keep up with my assignments and my readings in that class more than Organic Chemistry. I need to find a balance! Maybe one of you can help me with that?
So academically, I think I have my studies somewhat under control. I'm glad that I am not falling apart quite yet, but I CAN DO IT! I just have to keep believing that!
I have also been working with Millennial Tutoring Academy which I think is loads of fun because I get to teach children who have the desire to learn. That means so much when I commit so much of my time to tutoring. I want children who have home training and who desire to improve. I just started the Supplemental Education Services program with the children in Jennings and some things certainly concern me:
TOP ISSUE: Parent Committment to Education Influences Their Student's Committment
I contacted a parent to try and set up times for FREE TUTORING and at first the parent was on board with the times we set up. We set up Mondays and Wednesday from 4:15 to 5:45, but when I show up to the school with all of my materials in hand, I receive a phone call from the parent. I have my documents and I am feeling really confident that the tutoring session is going to go well, but this phone call came and everything went downhill. She says that she took her son out of Millennial Tutoring and went to another provider. WHY? I didn't understand this at all because she was in favor of the decisions we had made. She was clearly out of her mind and putting on a facade with me. She told me that she came to the school and talked with the principal about taking her son out of our tutoring program and putting him in another program. My thing is that all of the providers are the same so WHY did she change her mind. Why didn't she let me know before I traveled all the way to Koch Elementary? I felt like I wasted my gas. I dedicate my time to help these children and the parent bails out on me. What type of mess is that? Truthfully, I think she never wanted the tutoring in the first place because she didn't want to come pick her child up from the library when we were done with the session. I mean I ask you to do one thing and you can't do that...#fail.
Now that I think about it, the parent was never enthusiastic about the tutoring to begin with. Every time I called her, she would say, "Yes" and "No." She never had any input about the procedures for tutoring which is what most dedicated parents would do. Most dedicated parents would question about the first couple of sessions and the type of assignments their child would be doing, but NO, she just said, "OK." (and kept it moving #failonceagain.)
But I went up to the school and talked with the boy's teacher and she said that it was really unfortunate that his mother took him out of the program because he really needs the extra help. I think he would have been happy about receiving FREE HELP, but because of his mother, he missed out on the opportunity to do better. WHAT WAS SO BAD ABOUT MILLENNIAL TUTORING THAT SHE HAD TO SWITCH PROGRAMS?
I think good education stems from the household. Parents should be more dedicated to help their children who are not performing as well as they could in school. THAT'S WHAT I AM HERE FOR! Parents always try to make excuses for their children when in actuality, the parent needs to take care of themselves and not penalize their children because of their mess. I think parents' commitment to education influences their child's commitment to learning and improving. It's really unfortunate now because this young boy cannot tutor with the best of the best because his mother thought our program was silly!!! WELP SHE MISSED OUT! SORRY YOUNG MAN THAT YOUR MOM DIDN'T WANT YOU TO TUTOR ANYMORE!!!
I so needed to vent on that issue and I hope that the student that I normally have Saturdays does not bail out on me because her mother...FINGERS CROSSED!!
Well it is 1:52 p.m. and I need to get up and take care of some business as usual. Print out tutoring invoices and tutor service logs and update attendance sheets for the SES Program.
Oh and I hope my private tutoring client shows up today because she really needs the help with her ACT. I really hope that she isn't having problems with her mother again because I think it really affects her ability to learn. I just pray that they work it out so that I can tutor this girl, who I feel wants to improve. I HATE TO SEE THIS HAPPENING TO MY CLIENTS!!!
Well that's all for today!!! Follow me on twitter!!! AspiringAhj...
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