March 26, 2010
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Queen of Tutorial
I am getting into this “running the tutorial program” stuff. My co-worker gave me the title “Educational Director” (we needed titles for request letters. Grin.) and that made me happy. I’ve been doing unknown holidays. The most memorable being :
Pistol Patent day (February 25)—where we got into a pro/con gun control debate
Pluto Day (February 18)—it’s not a planet, Tortilla chip day—there is a big difference between Doritos and Fritos—do you know why?
Carrot day (February 4)—baby carrots have 70% less nutrition than regular carrots (but I still passed out baby carrots to everyone that day…it was all we had)
Leprosy day (January 29)—yes, people are still affected—including some of my kid’s families in Brazil
Popcorn day (January 19)—I’ve never burnt so much popcorn on one day in my life
Squirrel day (January 21)—We watched “Rocky and Bullwinkle.”
Grammar day (March 4)—played Mad Libs
Freedom day (Februay 1)—Did you know that 27 million people are still slaves today?
And I found an educational game the kids like to play: Bananagrams. I got hooked on it in Brazil, actuallyJ. But after Supercamp training in California, I wanted to try out all the new stuff I learned. This week has gone amazing. We’ve been averaging 50-60 kids a night, but only 15-20 or so for tutorial—this week it went up to 20-30 kids…and we had a good time. We worked on writing our mission statement, core values, and goals/rules for ourselves. This is stuff I get super excited about, and is great business training, even if they don’t realize that yet. Here are some results the kids wrote down:
Mark: I want to be a teacher to leads by example and respects other people
Tisha: I want to be an artist to show people things I have seen, places I have been, and things I have gone through. My values are family, God, school, church, witnessing and praying for othes.
Corey (age 9): My life purpose is to live life to the fullest, pray, and be with my friends. My values are intelligence, athleticness, standing up for my family—I am willing to die for my little siblings. I will stay healthy so I can be an athlete, I will set a good example for my little brother and cousins, try not to sin so little kids won’t repeat it, and read the Bible to my little siblings.
Kenisha: My life purpose is to help and be there for people to encourage them to do good in life through being a beautician.
Dion: I am going to join the military so I can change the nations.
Booboo: I will become a businessman so I can run my own youth center. My values are helping people, being a leader, having good characteristics, being a businessman, being a youth director, and witnessing to others.
Aaron: My mission is to tell people about God and have a good family when I get older
Various: I want to change the country by helping people to get food and money
Robin: I want to live in a nice neighborhood with my family and no violent people and I will go to church every Sunday.
