Today was a busy day ... I went to a school to see if I was supposed to be there today or tomorrow, of course that means I was supposed to be there tomorrow, no problem. Then I drove over to Gavilan College and met with a friend for a little while, really a guy I work with but he is someone I really enjoy being around. I then went to tutor a young man that needs to pass this test before he gets kicked out of the house and then to Westmont High School to talk to the students about careers and then helped two more people study. Then, go home to spend some time with Simon and Theodore.
Working with these three guys really brings home the fact that we all learn in different ways. I start off with them emphasizing that I started at a 52 and increased my score to 96 (maximum of 99) by studying the way I teach them. Of the three guys I worked with today the first guy has no patience and just wants to know what the answer is, after he knows the answer he wants to work backwards and know how I got it. I like working with him because he is very quick at understanding how things work, even though he doesn't like to go through each step. The second guy wants me to go step by step, he takes very detailed notes and repeats everything until he understands each step. The third guy can look at a problem and just knows the answer, he doesn't even know how he knows the answer but 80% of the time it is correct, which is about the same for the other two styles. It is fun to work with different kinds of learners it keeps it from getting boring. And ... I always tell my class of teachers, "you must laugh to learn!".
It is taking longer to write these nightly blogs since Simon has decided that if he seems me on the keyboard he should be on it too!
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