My ESL students at ReWA today were grouped together as "special needs" students. I was instructed to teach with the use of magnetic letters, five letters prompted each time. It was certainly a challenging task, beyond my previous teaching experience. Going from "A" to "B" back to "A" sometimes proved difficult, and it makes me wonder exactly how much progress these students have made after being there for several months. My goal for next week is to get their story... hopefully I can determine, eventually, the most effective way to teach them.
It felt good, and it felt happy, to bond with my fellow volunteer, Kathleen. She is a 50+ year old woman, who, like me, is experiencing a career shift and is thus currently unemployed. I am glad to meet people like her who can help validate, or at the very least support, decisions I've made. Unlike my dad who is pointing me towards analyst jobs (which I have no experience in, and not to mention NO interest in doing), people like Kathleen remind me that I really ought to be pursuing what I think is a good fit for me, professionally, and that I ought not to apologize to anyone -- not even my parents.
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