Well, Hello There...

I haven't posted anything in quite some time, but I figured it was time to update about my current on-goings. First and foremost, still jobless, but not exactly? I'm working part-time as a tutor at a community college in Queens which requires me to help out students with reading and writing and preparing them for their ACT exams at the end of the year. While working there I have made observations on my students and other students who come to the center for help. It shames me to see that foreign students are more willing to learn and put extra effort into their studying than the American born students.

It embarrasses me to see the native speakers struggling with reading and writing because it shows that our educational system isn't doing enough for its students. Or is it that the students aren't doing enough to help themselves? There can be many factors contributing to this disturbing trend I've been seeing and I fear for the future. When your native speaking student has no clue what the word "procrastinate" means, Houston we have a problem.

I think a lot of these issues of being unable to grasp reading well has a lot to do with homelife. If parents were more encouraging to their children about picking up a book rather than the controller to their X-boxes and Playstations, chances are they would not be struggling the way they are now. I'm not saying playing video games are bad, not at all, in fact studies have shown that they're actually good for the mind, but there should be that happy medium of feeding your brain with words and visually.

Anyway, despite my disappointment in American education, I try my best to help them out however I can. I will be updating soon, since I feel I need to divulge more of myself on the internet. I should start keeping a diary...