You got a call from a friend, who is in college. She told you that her aunt is looking for a tutor for her children and if you want to get the job. You had never taught anybody before, but you thought it was not bad to get your first job as a tutor. Consequently, you said "yes." Even though your mom told you that you can handle it, you were nervous, because you had not dealt with children that much. You didn't even know if you liked kids or not.
On the first day, you saw the two little girls, and you thought they were cute. You had conversations with them. They told you about their friends and what they liked. "Boring," you thought. But later you told yourself that it was that not that bad. "Be nice and smile," you told yourself. However, after months, the class was not that exciting anymore. Things began to be out of your control. Although you had told them at least three times about the same word, they still could not explain it, or they did not want to know it. They always got tired and fell asleep, then you finally understand how your high school teachers felt when they saw their students were sleeping in their class. You sometimes got annoyed when the children always asked you to go to the bathroom. You really wanted to write down the knowledge on their heads. They sometimes said they did not want to have the class or do anything. Sometimes they just ignored what you told them to do.
You sometimes complained to your friends that you didn't like what the kids did to you, and you didn't understand why you were wasting your precious time on the job you did not like. One day, you noticed that you didn't have that much time for tutoring anymore, and there was a word in your head, "quit." However, you were hesitated. You were struggling, but you did not know why. One day, you went to tutor as usual, and you saw the smiles on the children's faces when you were having fun in class. You smiled back at them. At that time, you realized that you would miss your job and your students.
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The line where it says, " one day, you saw the smiles on the children's faces... You smiled back at them," is very strong and touching. Before you didn't like tutoring kids and got annoyed with them a lot but after you wanted to quite your job you realized you were hesitating. You realized that you actually enjoyed seeing the faces of your students when they were learning. I think that's very touching.
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you took your tutoring expirences and related to the things our teachers have to deal with. I also tought the line 'At that time, you realized that you would miss your joband your students" It was like a hidden message that you couldnt seem to comprehend until that one moment. I think many could relate to that at least once in their lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI loved the quote "You really wanted to write down the knowledge on their heads." It definitely captures the feeling of trying to learn something that won't stick or doesn't make sense. Also, it makes a lot of sense that you understand how teachers feel when students fall asleep in class. I can't imagine how annoying it must have felt.
ReplyDeleteI think the complaining about tutoring stood out to me the most. We all get frustrated at times when we teach, but it's nce that you realized how special teaching is to you.
ReplyDeleteAlso, be aare of your tense. Moore wrote in the present tense, but you are using the past tense. It gives the story a different feel. Think about how it would sound if you changed tenses.