When I signed up for TEAM Mentoring in March, one of the first
things I learned I’d be doing was tutoring. This made me extremely excited because
I felt the opportunity to help younger students with subjects I had previously been
through was one of the best ways I could give back to my community.
School was always kind of fun for me, although I struggled
in technical subjects like Math and Science, I felt I could contribute to most
other subjects. Little did I know, however, that a lot of the mentors were
strong suited in the same subjects as well so sometimes I was partnered up with
a student who needed help in Geometry or Algebra. Now, I wasn’t terrible at
these subjects in high school, it sometimes just took me longer to figure out
the problems. This refresher was really good for me and made me think a little
harder than if I were to have always helped students in English or History.
Thus far, TEAM has pushed me to want to be better in certain
areas in order to help others succeed. It really is such a satisfying feeling
to sit down with a student, tutor them on a concept at hand, and seeing their
faces light up with excitement when they understand. I definitely now understand
why teachers do what they do and why many of them try to push their students to
the limit. I think sometimes as students we think our teachers gain
satisfaction in killing us with a what-seems-impossible workload. But really, they are simply preparing us for
the big professional world!
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