My first session with the kid always makes me feel incompetent but I'd like to think that I'm assessing their English abilities. So there is a lot of digging through the bag, looking at story problems for the first time, etc. I did have a second session with one of the kids today, prepared with a lesson plan, and was relieved that this time it wasn't as easy as it was yesterday for him. Now, I feel like my tutoring is worth the money I'm receiving.
Which is another thing. I brag a lot that I'm making bank, but I keep feeling guilty about how much I'm "charging" for each hour. It's a lot and I can't help feeling like I'm not worth that much money, that I'm not that qualified. But, then again, unless I'm confident, the kids won't be able to learn much from me. So I have to stray from that kind of thinking.
I'm a bit bitter about my tutoring/Yonsei arrangements. The pro to doing Yonsei summer school at the same time is that I will be able to understand how to tutor my own kids in a language that they are not proficient in since I will be in their shoes, too, learning Korean. The con to it is I will be in class 9am-1pm, lunch, 1 hour commute to my tutees houses, tutor for 2-3 hours, 1 hour commute back, miss dinner with Yonsei friends (most likely), be lonely, and cry.
Okay... exaggeration. But still, in a situation like this where there are lots of people to meet, I'm a little hesitant to have to miss out on crucial socializing times like dinner. But, some sacrifices gotta be made, I guess. I should know that.
Yonsei KLI starts next Tuesday ...
and I'm getting eaten alive by mosquitos here.
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