So I found out today from my lead tutor that until further notice tutoring will be suspended, because I am with a private company that is federally funded to provide tutoring for students who may not have a lot of money...
This sucks for 2 reasons (that I can think of):
1. TCAP testing is coming up and there is a reason these students need tutoring. Most of my tutees are ESL students who are still struggling with understanding English. Although the wording on the TCAP has been simplified, it is still really difficult for a lot of students. Yesterday I was going over word problems and one of my tutees still had trouble putting everything together. Numbers were easy. It was the wording that left him confused and just guessing answers.
2. Truthfully tutoring is part of my already crappy income. The recession has hit everything hard and I'm even finding it difficult to get hours at my retail job.
So now you've got the kids who need help not recieving any, and qualified people who need jobs not getting any...
...nobody wins today...
That sucks, Kri-chan!! I wonder if there is a charity organization that ca set up some volunteer tutors for these poor kids. =/
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