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i got an easter package from my mom today! it had a big easter basket with all kinds of candy, and a furry stuffed duck, and new pajamas. the pajamas are really awesome - they're fleecy, and they're printed with little cats and dogs in bumper cars. very odd, but that's probably why my mom was able to get them half off.
and i had a really good night at job #2 tonight. i was on the floor, which means i was working with a bunch of kids, not just one on one with a little kid or an SAT student. it was good to work with many kids tonight. i usually feel more like i've actually taught someone something when i'm on the floor, because usually at least one kid profits by my being there, whereas if i'm doing one-on-one and the kid's tired or sick or grumpy, no learning occurs at all.
and when i started this job, i thought the whole "learning center" thing was kind of lame, you know, sylvan, huntington, all the SAT prep places, like what good do they do anyone really? but since i've been working here, i've seen kids improve by leaps and bounds. so many of the kids i work with just needed more reading practice and some individual attention, and they're flourishing and doing really well. granted, there's a few kids i've worked with who don't want to learn, and therefore they don't learn and they hinder everyone else. and some of my SAT prep students would be better off just going to cosmetology school instead of college. but i like this job, and i really thought i would hate it.
i don't know if i want to teach college though. this career thing, it's on my mind and stuff. it's one thing to teach someone something specific. like working at the HLC, there's these kids who can't read and have no study skills, and they have assignments to do, and i'm helping them learn. or working at the writing center my senior year at SU: people had papers they wrote that sucked and they needed me to help them figure out why. or working at the freshman advising center this year, or even being a tour guide - situations in which people come to me needing some specific information that i can provide, and then i provide it. that's one thing.
talking for an hour to a roomful of bored freshmen or high school kids is something else entirely. it's like having to give a presentation every day, and we all know how i feel about giving presentations. it skeeves me out (if you didn't know). i hate talking in front of people. but sit me down with a student and something hands-on to do, and i think i'm a pretty good teacher. this is the kind of thing i think about when i worry about what the hell i'm going to do with an MFA in poetry writing. :)
and i had a really good night at job #2 tonight. i was on the floor, which means i was working with a bunch of kids, not just one on one with a little kid or an SAT student. it was good to work with many kids tonight. i usually feel more like i've actually taught someone something when i'm on the floor, because usually at least one kid profits by my being there, whereas if i'm doing one-on-one and the kid's tired or sick or grumpy, no learning occurs at all.
and when i started this job, i thought the whole "learning center" thing was kind of lame, you know, sylvan, huntington, all the SAT prep places, like what good do they do anyone really? but since i've been working here, i've seen kids improve by leaps and bounds. so many of the kids i work with just needed more reading practice and some individual attention, and they're flourishing and doing really well. granted, there's a few kids i've worked with who don't want to learn, and therefore they don't learn and they hinder everyone else. and some of my SAT prep students would be better off just going to cosmetology school instead of college. but i like this job, and i really thought i would hate it.
i don't know if i want to teach college though. this career thing, it's on my mind and stuff. it's one thing to teach someone something specific. like working at the HLC, there's these kids who can't read and have no study skills, and they have assignments to do, and i'm helping them learn. or working at the writing center my senior year at SU: people had papers they wrote that sucked and they needed me to help them figure out why. or working at the freshman advising center this year, or even being a tour guide - situations in which people come to me needing some specific information that i can provide, and then i provide it. that's one thing.
talking for an hour to a roomful of bored freshmen or high school kids is something else entirely. it's like having to give a presentation every day, and we all know how i feel about giving presentations. it skeeves me out (if you didn't know). i hate talking in front of people. but sit me down with a student and something hands-on to do, and i think i'm a pretty good teacher. this is the kind of thing i think about when i worry about what the hell i'm going to do with an MFA in poetry writing. :)
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