Ryan TS# 8


    I’ve had another tutoring session with Amnazo and her family Sunday and just like the first time I’ve spent tutoring them, all the kids were present. However unlike last week, the two daughters weren’t really engaged to the tutoring (at least not on the same level as they did last time). We were also happy to have the kid’s neighborhood friend, Christian attend the lesson. Unfortunately Anisa and Saadiyah couldn’t come in today because of Father’s Day. I started the session off having them practice the alphabet, followed by a lesson on the differences between nouns, verbs and adjectives. It was probably the most accomplished I’ve felt tutoring these kids after seeing them able to comprehend the lesson that I gave, but it seemed like Amnazo herself had zero understanding on what I was saying. In fact the neighborhood kid, Christian was the one who truly excelled that day.

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