"The whole art of teaching...
...is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
So, I'm about to get involved in this program called the Pipeline Project, which is a K-12 outreach program here on campus that places college students in local public schools as tutors/mentors. You can do it just as community service, or attach it to a seminar to get credit for it. Anyway, I'm starting mine tomorrow (for the rest of this quarter I'm doing it as community service, and then I'll be getting 4 credits for it next quarter) and I'm kinda nervous. Tomorrow I just have a meeting with the teacher I'll be working with, but in the emails he sounds a bit cold. And I'm scared. I'll be tutoring 4/5 graders in reading and math. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I've never done that before! I think I'll be ok in the reading, but I have no idea how to teach math. Or at least even explain it. I'm scared. This is what I want to do with my life - work with kids and teach them and awaken their passion for learning - but I don't feel like I should be doing it yet. I know I want to be involved in this program right now because it's the only thing I can do that has anything to do with what I want to do for the next years of my life. But I'm scared. I don't know. I guess interviews have always made me a bit nervous. And I'm scared for finding this place all on my own and using the bus and everything. God, I guess I really am growing up. I feel like I'm interviewing for my first real job or something. Which is stupid because I don't need an interview to get in or anything, I'm already doing it for sure. This is just kind of an orientation. But still. I don't know. We'll see how it goes.
Thanksgiving break went really well. It was really nice and relaxing to be back in a familiar environment and with people who I know care about me, and whom I care about. I got to see the Lion King, which was downright amazing. And I got to meet up with all the peeps at least once. I wish I would have gotten a bit more time with Becca and Andie, but at least I got to see them both. I'm disappointed with how the weekend ended (on a bad note), and I feel like none of it's really resolved, but that's ok. I'm just glad I got time with everyone. And it's only three more weeks until I get to go back home for Christmas! YES! Here's an excellent picture from the weekend, just to sum it up:
Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
So, I'm about to get involved in this program called the Pipeline Project, which is a K-12 outreach program here on campus that places college students in local public schools as tutors/mentors. You can do it just as community service, or attach it to a seminar to get credit for it. Anyway, I'm starting mine tomorrow (for the rest of this quarter I'm doing it as community service, and then I'll be getting 4 credits for it next quarter) and I'm kinda nervous. Tomorrow I just have a meeting with the teacher I'll be working with, but in the emails he sounds a bit cold. And I'm scared. I'll be tutoring 4/5 graders in reading and math. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I've never done that before! I think I'll be ok in the reading, but I have no idea how to teach math. Or at least even explain it. I'm scared. This is what I want to do with my life - work with kids and teach them and awaken their passion for learning - but I don't feel like I should be doing it yet. I know I want to be involved in this program right now because it's the only thing I can do that has anything to do with what I want to do for the next years of my life. But I'm scared. I don't know. I guess interviews have always made me a bit nervous. And I'm scared for finding this place all on my own and using the bus and everything. God, I guess I really am growing up. I feel like I'm interviewing for my first real job or something. Which is stupid because I don't need an interview to get in or anything, I'm already doing it for sure. This is just kind of an orientation. But still. I don't know. We'll see how it goes.
Thanksgiving break went really well. It was really nice and relaxing to be back in a familiar environment and with people who I know care about me, and whom I care about. I got to see the Lion King, which was downright amazing. And I got to meet up with all the peeps at least once. I wish I would have gotten a bit more time with Becca and Andie, but at least I got to see them both. I'm disappointed with how the weekend ended (on a bad note), and I feel like none of it's really resolved, but that's ok. I'm just glad I got time with everyone. And it's only three more weeks until I get to go back home for Christmas! YES! Here's an excellent picture from the weekend, just to sum it up: