GTL...guide, translate, law enforcement

in honor of one of my current favorite shows on trash television, i have in fact entitled this entry GTL...wisconsin style of course

this afternoon i spent time GUIDING students with my excellent tutoring and mentoring skills :) we had a new group of students who came today...a family of 3 children, one in 8th grade, one in 3rd grade, and one in 2nd grade. they are such great kids! i really enjoyed working with them and seeing how enthusiastic they are about school and learning. the other students that i have been working with were also back this week, continuing to focus on math and social studies homework.

i really have found that each one of the children that i work with is so unique and i love that i can spend time with each one of them getting to know who they are, what they are interested in, and how they learn best. i am enjoying being a "teacher" much more than i thought i would and i dont think i am as bad of a teacher as i originally though i might be :)

this afternoon, i also had to TRANSLATE for a spanish speaking family who was meeting with a new mentor. and i was nervouss! it has been a long time since i have used my spanish speaking skills but i surprisingly did pretty well- everyone seemed to get what they needed to out of the meeting and while it was not perfect, i think i did a pretty good job!

the evening session had less students than the afternoon. i worked on spelling homework with one student, multiplying decimals with another student, and little mini "counseling" session with another student.

the end of the night came and it was time to stand outside with the students until their rides came. desiree and i were waiting with the students, two of which had an argument earlier in the evening. we tried to keep these two students separated from one another until their parents came to pick them up, but that clearly would not have been as fun as playing LAW ENFORCEMENT, which included, but was not limited to, shouting outside the center, following a student down the street, offering a student a paper towel to clean the blood off of his hand after he punched a brick wall, and seeing a mother behave like a teenager...