February 16, 2003
Today I earned 20 dollars for 10 minutes of work.
I was picked up at 2 to go tutor and such, and so we got there and I sat down, and then she sat down, and I went over the section of the SAT prep book she was working on. I circled the wrong answers, and started to go over the first one with her, but then she was not really listening, or cooperative, and kinda sat there being annoyed and antsy and such. So I decided maybe starting the next section in the book would help her, so I told her to do the first two pages of the next reading section. She kinda started, and then said something like, "I can't concentrate, I'm going to get all of these wrong!", then ran up the stairs, physically ran. So..., I went up, as I went her mother asked, "So, have you had a student like this before?", and I replied, "Not yet". I went up, saw her father on the computer, asked him if he saw where she went. He wasn't sure, so I went back downstairs and asked the mother what she wanted me to do. She went up, talked to her daughter, and came back down. She explained that her daughter had a busy week and weekend, lots of gym practice and a dentist appointment and things like that, and was probably very tired and such. I understood totally, and she said that it'd be best if I just came back next week then. So then, she paid me the whole amount I was to be paid for 2 hours of tutoring, (20 dollars), even though I didn't actually do much. I tried to give some of it back, but she wouldn't accept it. So yeah.., she was awfully nice, and then the father gave me a ride home, which was actually kinda cool, 'cause he's an electrical engineer working with fiber optics, and he told me a lot about getting a job as an EE major and stuff, so not only did I get cash for little to no work, I also got to meet someone in my field and learn some stuff from him. A decent day I think.
I was picked up at 2 to go tutor and such, and so we got there and I sat down, and then she sat down, and I went over the section of the SAT prep book she was working on. I circled the wrong answers, and started to go over the first one with her, but then she was not really listening, or cooperative, and kinda sat there being annoyed and antsy and such. So I decided maybe starting the next section in the book would help her, so I told her to do the first two pages of the next reading section. She kinda started, and then said something like, "I can't concentrate, I'm going to get all of these wrong!", then ran up the stairs, physically ran. So..., I went up, as I went her mother asked, "So, have you had a student like this before?", and I replied, "Not yet". I went up, saw her father on the computer, asked him if he saw where she went. He wasn't sure, so I went back downstairs and asked the mother what she wanted me to do. She went up, talked to her daughter, and came back down. She explained that her daughter had a busy week and weekend, lots of gym practice and a dentist appointment and things like that, and was probably very tired and such. I understood totally, and she said that it'd be best if I just came back next week then. So then, she paid me the whole amount I was to be paid for 2 hours of tutoring, (20 dollars), even though I didn't actually do much. I tried to give some of it back, but she wouldn't accept it. So yeah.., she was awfully nice, and then the father gave me a ride home, which was actually kinda cool, 'cause he's an electrical engineer working with fiber optics, and he told me a lot about getting a job as an EE major and stuff, so not only did I get cash for little to no work, I also got to meet someone in my field and learn some stuff from him. A decent day I think.
# posted by Yann : 15:45
