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| how big is forever? |
| 02.07.05 (4:49 pm) [edit] |
It's been a few days. How was your weekend? Mine? hmm. . . I went to garage sales and familiarized myself a bit w/ the area (no, I didn't get lost). I'm close to some highways (not dissimilar to NCU) that connect me to other cities (again, like Minneapolis)- the only this is, besides Los Angeles, the cities around here are not centralized or massive, so you just drive in any direction, and you get the suburbs, which are actually just cities. Anyways, from what I can tell so dar, garage sales (AKA what people buy) are not noticeably different than the from the Midwest. I picked up a Hawaiian-print that is table-runner long, but could be used as a skirt and a pot (a bit bigger than grapefruit size) for my orchid ('Orky') and some things for Aaron for Valentine's. No clues about them yet, though. Did I already write this? anyways, went to a Super Bowl party at a couple from church's house- stayed for the first quarter. It's good getting familiar w/ and more friends w/ people around here. And it was also great eatting food someone else prepared! Speaking of which, for Valentine's Day, Aaron is taking over the 13th- when we'll go out, and I've got the 14th, when we'll stay in. So mine will include homemade food- I think I'll experiment before than so it turns out!Tutoring went well today- I was kind of scolded for not talking- if the kids said something or goofed off, I looked at them, and they stopped- it was always for like 5 seconds, but the lady in chargetalked about them runnig over me, so after that, I made sure to say something. One kid started writing about what he would do if he was rich, and it included casinos w/ 9,999,999,999,999,999,999 ,999,999... tvs and gameboys- so I helped him say thousands instead- I mean how big of a casino is he talking about? Also, he talked about halo, and how his rules for playing would be to 1) have fun 2) kill everybody. It was kind of scary- but then again, he's a 14-year-old boy. NOthing's come about for a second job, but as Aaron could say, I haven't tried all that much. There are jobs available, but nothing's clicked yet, and I don't want to apply just yet. I did find something today, though- tutoring elementary kids in the town next door- I'll call today. I'll definitely find something this week. It's been cool here- high of mid 60s. Nice/wonderful- I love it, but I'll also love when it's in the 80s again. It did rain yesterday, which is very important, because it's better for the plants and grass to grow on rain than from a hose, and all of those rivers and dams that entails. |
posted by: hopie26 (reply)
post date: 02.07.05 (8:57 pm)
Yeah, I am sorry you have a couple of rowdy kids that are difficult to relate to. It helps to think of them as being kids who maybe have had people discipline them out of anger instead of out of love, that explains their reaction. So when people respond to them lovingly they don't respect them very much.
But if you gain their respect by doing what you say you will do and setting CLEAR boundaries they will respect you. If you don't enforce the rules or the boundaries, they won't respect you when you say NO or stop! Ha ha, kids are funny, huh?
posted by: SparklingSnow (reply)
post date: 02.08.05 (11:35 am)
Class has gotten better- today, a kid flat-out refused to do his math when that was what the lady had assigned, and I was to enforce for the day. He ignored me, and she talked w/ him, and then he really got into it, and was doing well, but got antsy at the end again. Ah, kids. . . I have an interview to tutor middle school kids Friday. And a lead on adult/family English education!! hurray!
posted by: hopie26 (reply)
post date: 02.09.05 (11:54 am)
Reply to: SparklingSnow
Sounds like you are getting better at enforcing with kids. Keep it up!!! It gets easier once they can see you are not a big meanie, you just want them to learn. Bring candy or erasers one day for the quietest person or the person who helps someone else who needs help or something. Positive reinforcement does wonders. Just dont give the person who gets done first candy - then they will rush through their work and have mistakes!!!!
posted by: Erin (reply)
post date: 02.09.05 (1:25 pm)
Reply to: hopie26
Good suggestions!