Justin TS#15

On Wednesday 10/21 I met with Astin. Honestly as I was driving to his house I was sad. Ever since Astin and I have really started tutoring consistently I can see that he is really excited. It only got cuter at the end of our session today. Today Boram asked if I could help Astin complete his homework. Most of his activities had to deal with numbers. Astin had to create comparison between numbers, as in, if there is a total of 10 pennies, he needs to break them up into two separate pairs. Either 5 and 5, 4 and 6, 7 and 3 and so on. He also needed to practice writing his numbers. Something that Astin still struggles with is writing letters and numbers backwards. With me he keeps writing the number 3 backwards. He is a very intelligent child but he still has trouble creating his own writing in the proper forms but he is only 5. Today Astin and I had a really focused lesson which was good and I really enjoyed it. After we finished our lesson Astin gave me a hug and told me to stay longer. I talked to Boram about still coming maybe once a week so that I can still help him. I really enjoyed getting to know Astin and his family and I really want to keep growing our relationship. Since I might end up in South Korea I'd love to keep learning about their customs. Since Boram says that she would love to have me keep coming, I'm excited to see where our friendship will manifest.