09/23/09

After school today, I met with a few students for tutoring. I only have two students from 6th grade, but about three from fifth grade. One of the girls from fifth grade is Jenny. Her twin sister also stayed, not for tutoring, but to wait for her to walk home. Her name is Jennifer. I don't quite understand this. You see, in Haiti, whenever there are twins, the parents often give their kids nearly identical names. We have two preschool boys who are twins. Their names are Mike and Michael. Tell me that this isn't going to cause trouble for them. It's the craziest thing.

So, I had about five students who needed help. Mostly with their homework, so I should be able to keep up. I won't be able to take much more than this so once their grades go back up to A's and B's, I'll have to tell them that they cannot come for tutoring anymore. I love working with them, but it is about to the limit where I cannot give enough one on one attention unless they are good with their homework and just need to work with flash cards. In this case, I can set them up in pairs and let them quiz each other.

Lindsay didn't come this week but is planning on coming next week. I think she will do much better this year as long as I can get her up to speed with multiplication and division. This seems to be the hardest part for her. Just multiplying large numbers and dividing with four digits can slow her down quite a bit. I'll be sure to write about her progress. Please pray that I am successful with tutoring these students!