Tutoring was fun today, but it was exhausting! I tutored Yuki for two hours. I thought the time would drag by, but it was actually pleasant. Two hours turned out to be perfect to cover a whole chapter in her Algebra textbook. Teaching the material and doing some practice problems took about an hour and 45 minutes, and then the last 15 minutes was spent doing some problems from the chapter review to make sure she learned it all. I was impressed with her ability to pick up on all the material and handle a massive amount of new ideas.
I tutored Yosuke for two hours, and that's when I ran out of energy. I made it through okay, though. We spent the first part of the session discussing his courses for next year, and then we read some of The Odyssey. We were in the middle of a boring part of the story, though, so it dragged a bit. Tomorrow I'm going to skip ahead to a more interesting part. We should be able to fill in any necessary details later.
Wow, I'm so tired!
Showing posts with label Algebra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Algebra. Show all posts
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hurray, Spring Break!
Well, my spring break was last week, but the kids' spring break is coming up soon. Normally, these breaks mean a cut in my tutoring hours, but this time it might not be the case.
Yuki is behind in Algebra because she missed a few days of school when she had orchestra performances. This is made doubly problematic because she wants to take Geometry over the summer to get ahead. Her teacher's opinion is that taking Geometry using the accelerated summer session will be too difficult, perhaps even impossible, for Yuki. I'm not sure how difficult it will be for her, although I'm confident that she can manage if she's willing to work at it.
Anyway, the upshot is that next week, I'll be working a lot with Yuki reviewing Algebra topics. I'm looking forward to this. Yuki is a fast learner, but not as fast as Yosuke. Teaching Yosuke math topics seems almost pointless; he picks up on them immediately and just zooms through the problems. It makes me feel rather superfluous! Yuki, on the other hand, actually needs instruction, but she's not as clueless as Miki. Essentially, she's just right.
Yuki is behind in Algebra because she missed a few days of school when she had orchestra performances. This is made doubly problematic because she wants to take Geometry over the summer to get ahead. Her teacher's opinion is that taking Geometry using the accelerated summer session will be too difficult, perhaps even impossible, for Yuki. I'm not sure how difficult it will be for her, although I'm confident that she can manage if she's willing to work at it.
Anyway, the upshot is that next week, I'll be working a lot with Yuki reviewing Algebra topics. I'm looking forward to this. Yuki is a fast learner, but not as fast as Yosuke. Teaching Yosuke math topics seems almost pointless; he picks up on them immediately and just zooms through the problems. It makes me feel rather superfluous! Yuki, on the other hand, actually needs instruction, but she's not as clueless as Miki. Essentially, she's just right.
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