I am absolutely thrilled to write this blog entry for P.J.'s tutoring session last night, for we had the most successful and exciting session to date. I had prepared for the session by bringing a Far Side cartoon book by Gary Larsen in the hope that through the power of humor I could entice P.J. to learn. While the lesson did start out that way I was reminded just how young he is, as he had noticed the FSU Library stamp on the pages and asked me if I was tested on the material in the book. I vividly remember being such an age where I would've asked the same question. I told him that I could make a test for him on it but he declined, ha. At any rate, I informed him that we unfortunately had to work out of his assigned textbook from school and so he chose tornadoes. This proved to be an excellent choice as we watched several videos, one a kids' TED talk which was an animated video explaining how tornadoes are formed. The other videos were real footage of tornadoes forming and some ripping apart homes and towns. The raw force of mother nature is truly humbling and I believe among the many scientific facts he learnt that session he was able to walk away with a deeper respect for mother nature as a force of life, and not merely a subject or topic of study. I am excited to see what we can review next week, hopefully there will be other reading materials that engage him on the same level.
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