CRIBS - Tutorial: Part Two

So I’m back again for the second day of the tutorial in CRIBS. The girls were all there and I saw Alma again, thinking that I will continue the lessons that I started last week. But then, we were lacking tutors on that day so the officer-in-charge assigned me to 2 other girls. They were also friendly, but on the first few minutes they were really quiet and don’t talk a lot. But after talking to them for some time, they began to be more “alive” and that’s when I started teaching them. Algebra and Spelling are the topics for that day, which I think is easier compared to Geometry which I taught last week. The only hard part in today’s tutorial is that I am teaching 2 girls at the same time and I have to focus on both of them. But I think I was able to handle well and succeeded in tutoring the girls . One fun part in today’s tutorial is when I was able to chat with one of the two girls I am teaching as the other one was called by the officer-in-charge. We talked about random things, mainly about the TV shows that they love such as the Korean dramas. We had a good conversation since I also love watching those shows . We went back to tutorial again after some time but then before I knew it the time is already over. After fixing the things, we all said goodbye to each other, hoping to see them again in the future.

My overall experience in tutoring the girls was good and it was really one-of-a-kind. It is my first time to do this and I really had fun in doing it. The people in the foundation were really friendly, which is also one of the reasons why I enjoyed this whole community service.

CRIBS - Tutorial: Part One

After last week’s orientation, today is my first day for the actual community service. We were tasked to conduct a tutorial to the girls who were sexually abused. I was nervous at first. I didn’t know anyone from there and I didn’t know what to expect. So I went there and I sat as the officer-in-charge oriented us on how things should be done. Then the time came – the orientation was finished and it was time to go inside the learning center to start teaching the girls. I was assigned to teach the girls in the grade six or first year high school level (I can’t remember) together with 3 other La Sallians who were also in the same table as me. So after some talking, we started the tutorial and a girl named Alma was assigned to me. She is around 12 years old (I think) and she is really friendly. We talked for a while then I started teaching Geometry to her. First I was thinking of how I would teach her because back in high school, I was not really good in my Math subjects. But thank God the lessons were quite simple and I think I was able to teach her wellJ. Aside from Geometry, we also did some spelling exercises but before I knew it, it was already 11:00 and it’s time for us to go. Time really flew so fast on this day and I felt like the time given was not enough. But then it was really time to go so we all said goodbye to each other, telling them that we’ll be back on the following week. So that’s my day in CRIBS. I went home, bringing with me a one-of-a-kind experience.