Second Day at PYC March 7th 10:15-12:30
Today Krystina and I met Antonisha and Tanyka. We sat in the common room and talked with the girls to get to know them better. Both girls were very interesting and friendly. It was interesting to learn about them because their lives are a lot different than mine was growing up.
They both told us that they struggled with math and that they were really happy that we would be helping them. They are both in high school, but aren’t at a specific “level” in math. The way their class works, they told us, is similar to that of a one-room schoolhouse. They go to math class, and then all the students are assigned work based upon their level of math. They each work on their homework and don’t get a lot of instruction from their teacher. I feel that this is a huge reason that the girls are not doing as well in math as they should be at their level in school.
The main goal of our tutoring the girls will be to get them familiar enough with mathematics and its theories so that they will be able to pass their standardized testing in order to graduate.