Junior Tutoring

By Kristen Hales (junior)

My experience with Junior Tutoring has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done during my college years. Every day I find myself going to get my car for tutoring, I end up smiling, because I enjoy seeing the kids that I get to help. The first day of tutoring, they were quiet and shy, but as they days have gone on they’ve blossomed!

I know their names, which teams they play on, and of course, the subjects they need help with the most. I was given the opportunity to work with a program called AVID, which takes at risk students with college potential and gives them allotted study and homework time so they don’t fall behind in their work. Of course, being ninth graders, they love to goof off, but when they need to they get the job done!

I’ve tutored Spanish, Algebra, English, and occasionally someone will have a History question, but even if I don’t get to tutor exactly in my study area, this experience is one that I wouldn’t give up for the world.