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!"# sitting in #y thir$ gra$e lassroo# an$ %rs. % %urray
as&s the lass' ()hat
$o you *ant to be *hen you gro* up+,
(A tea her, ! reply' *ithout ta&ing a se on$ to thin&
about it.
No*' it"s #y senior year in high s hool an$ so #any options an$
opportunities
are running through #y #in$. %y tea hers &eep as&ing #e'
()hat is your #a-or going to
be in ollege+,
(! thin& ! a# going to #a-or in e$u ation' but !"# not sure
yet.,
%y ertainty has altere$ be ause o #y pressuring eelings o sel
/$oubt an$ !
a# le t *on$ering *hat ! really *ant to $o *hen ! (gro* up.,hree
#onths pass an$ it is no* the *inter o #y senior year. ! ha1e -ust
been
hire$ as a stu$ent tutor at #y s hool"s C2 4 progra#. C2 4 is an
a ter s hool progra#
or stu$ents in gra$es &in$ergarten through eighth gra$e that
runs ro# three until i1e
4%. )hile atten$ing' stu$ents inish their ho#e*or&' parti
ipate in learning a ti1ities'
an$ play a 1ariety o ga#es.
A ter the stu$ents ha1e inishe$ their sna &s to$ay it"s
#il& an$ bananas6' *e
bring the# upstairs an$ separate the# by age group. 7tu$ents in
gra$es &in$ergarten
through ourth gra$e are in one lassroo#' stu$ents in i th gra$e
an$ higher are in
another lassroo#' an$ the last lassroo# is the ho#e*or&
roo#. 7tu$ents o any age
*ho ha1e ho#e*or& go to this lassroo# until they are inishe$
*ith their *or&.
his a ternoon ! a# assigne$ to *or& in the ho#e*or& roo#
an$ ! a# gi1en the
tas& o helping a se1enth gra$e stu$ent na#e$ C8. 9e has a
large reputation *ith the
tea hers or being stubborn an$ har$ to han$le. A or$ing to %rs.
2ose' super1isor o the
progra# an$ C8"s pre1ious ele#entary tea her' C8 is re uently
sent to the prin ipal"s
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!n the hour an$ a hal that *e *ere *or&ing together to at h
up on the #ath
ho#e*or& he ha$ negle te$' ! oun$ out a lot about C8"s ho#e
li e. !t turne$ out that C8
ha$ a reason or a ting out in lass. 9is parents got o o *or&
al#ost as soon as he
*oul$ get ho#e ro# s hool' an$ there ore his gran$ ather *oul$
ha1e to pi & hi# up
e1ery $ay. 9is gran$ ather *oul$ then $rop hi# o at ho#e *here
his ol$er sister *as in
harge e1en though she $i$n"t pro1i$e hi# *ith any super1ision.
9e tol$ #e that he lo1es
o#ing to s hool so that he an tal& an$ hang out *ith
people.
=ne, as i
he *as loo&ing or*ar$ to inishing e1en #ore o his
*or&.
