10/19/09

This afternoon I was sitting in the office working on some accounting. I had a question about something so I asked Gepson if he could come into the office to explain the thing I didn't understand. We talked for a little bit and as we were talking, Bedjina, a fifth grader came into the the office. She walked back to the room we were in. I just figured she had a question for Gepson. Students come into the office quite often. Sometimes they have a stomach ache or headache. They might be in there because they have some make-up homework, and yes, sometimes they come because they are in trouble. Well, after Gepson and I had finished talking, Bedjina stayed in the room. She told me that Mme. Scott, her teacher, had sent her in to see me. She handed me her test. She had gotten a 94% and wanted to tell me thanks for tutoring her after school. It made me very happy that I was able to help her. Sometimes students want tutoring, but they cannot come frequently enough. As for Bedjina, she has been coming regularly with one of her classmates, Olivier. I haven't seen his grades yet, but he has stopped bringing papers that he needs to redo, so I guess there's a little improvement there!