A New Week Begins....We Are Veterans Now

Monday, September 24, 2012

An early morning mist was over the sea.

We all experienced a heightened awareness that this is our second and last week. There is much to accomplish! Over the weekend we had shared what worked and what had failed in the classrooms. We met the morning with renewed energy.

One volunteer, who is tutoring both children and adults, has the most difficult job. She has had to be creative to find ways to meet each of them at their skill level. There are three high schools that we visit; with four sessions each morning. Sometimes we are given small groups to lead in conversation.

Today, working in pairs, some had a short story to review and hear student’s interpretation of the story. In another session, two volunteers used the media lab to project song lyrics on the screen and an enthusiastic chorus could be heard in the hallway. That was very well received! Another pair of volunteers challenged their class to list in English all that they saw in a variety of colored pictures. These pictures were from a calendar of New England scenes.

We find the students cheerful, accepting of us and each other, and enthusiastic.

 Written by Jean

Two Thoughts for the Day….

   “It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted.”        Linda Conway 

       “To do is to be”     Descartes   by Carolyn

       “To be is to do”    Voltaire       by Carolyn

        “Do Be Do Be Do”     Frank Sinatra by Ed

                                                   Shared by Carolyn, Ed & Frank

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