Now that the weather is so nice all the kids at the center are really anxious to get outside and play (sound familiar?). Understandably, the sunshine made it had a really hard for us to stay cooped up inside for our hour long session and work on boring math practice problems. So we decided to think outside the box or, as Dereese always calls it, “make it happen!”
Upon agreeing that math could be a good time if we put our minds to it, Dereese and I ran outside and used chalk to outline a Cartesian coordinate system on the parking lot behind the center. Then, inspired by Dereese’s love for football, we imagined the parking lot was Wallace Wade Stadium. I was the star quarterback and he was my number one receiver. We began running routes, using the starting points and ending points on the plane and then calculating the slope of the resulting line to see how many steps were in the pattern.
Right next to us, another volunteer was working on multiplication tables by having her tutee jump out the product of practice multiplication tables. The ease with which they jumped 6X8 would have amazed even the most athletic Dukie!
Don’t let the warm weather shy you away from tutoring. Some of the best fun at the sun can be found at a local tutoring center near you. Make it happen!
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Patrick, This is the most resume-worthy experience I can think of. First of all, your written description of your experience is delightful. You are obviously someone who can "Make it Happen" Have you checked out the Duke MAT program. I think you would make a world-class teacher.
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