Service

Why is it that everytime I do service I always get this good feeling inside. This feeling is the reason that I like doing service so much. This semester I had an assignment to to 10 hours of service for my American Heritage class. The service that i chose was tutoring 3rd graders in math, I figured that i could help them with math because I was always good in math. During this tutoring thing I think that I might have learned more then the kids that i was tutoring did. I learned that teaching is more then just showing how to do things, but it is doing it in a way that the person trying to learn can understand. I finally understand the difficulties that come along with teaching in general. One problem that comes up is you might understand something perfectly and you will try to explain it to someone and they will have no idea what you are talking about. This is because everyone learns differently, and the way that you remember it might not be that good for someone else. Overall in this tutoring opportunity i learned that whenever you are working with other people it is important to remember to be patient and don't give up on them.