About a month ago, I started going to a "tuition centre" in Delta Avenue 5 to teach and take care of the children there who usually come from poor families and their parents sent them there.
The first time I went there was quite a pleasant experience. We introduced ourselves to the children and played with them. I was lucky as the sporty kid I was assigned to did not have any homework to do, so we just played lego for and hour and went outside to play badminton for the rest of the session.
The second time I went there was not a pleasant one, I was assigned to a very playful girl who did not want to do her homework. She claimed that she did not know how to do every single question of her homework, which was alot. So, I explained to her every SINGLE question, which took about 3 hours, but during my explanation, she did not listen to what I was saying and rushed me to give her the correct answer. She kept telling me that she did not want to do and wanted to play, so I gave her some breaks in between. During that break, I saw Jerry and another kid quarrelling with each other, even though Jerry pratically did nothing to irritate him. Both times when I go to Delta Avenue, I always lose something, like a ruler, but I don't really care.
In conclusion, these trips to Delta Avenue was a fruitful and enriching experience, not only was I able to help the children who come from poor families, I was also able to revise my primary school maths and english, killing two birds with one stone.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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