We (CBU Women's Basketball Team) were assigned the task to tutor students at Peabody Elementary school. The thought of having to work with younger kids frightened me, since I don't really like kids. Secondly, my people skills are not the best. In my mind it was a no win situation for me. The first day I arrived I went to gather my student, and she guided me to the library. Our first assignment was to see how advanced the student was in the ability to recognize words in order to know where our starting point would be. I thought we would get to a first or second grade level, but she flew through the chart. She got down to the fifth grade level.
Overall i had a great experience, even though due to schedule conflicts I was not able to go as many times as I would have liked to. The students taught me to open up and get outside my comfort zone. By doing this I gained a greater appreciation for teachers and what they do to better students. I learned that kids are not as bad as I thought they were.
However, I do not see myself becoming a teacher anytime soon.
Candis Clear
Class of 2013
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