My first trip back to KC, since the pageant, was last weekend. FUN! Met Kari in Lee's Summit to ride the rest of the way up to Platte City for first round
mock interviews. Little challenging helping Kari navigate through KC. Haha. By the way, Kari's my sister queen this year.
Yay for sisters! :) Mocks went well. I learn a little something about myself every time.
Later, my brother and my boyfriend (escorts for the weekend) picked me up in Lee's Summit and then we headed downtown to see a movie. We wanted to see Gretchen Wilson who was holding a free concert at
Power and Light, but I forgot about the "21 years" rule and my brother isn't yet. So...we went to the
rockin' Mainstreet AMC Theatre for dinner and Avatar. Fun, right? You'd think so,
except our tickets were for the front row...and I have an extreme case of motion sickness when it comes to movies on a theater screen. I felt sick as soon as the previews started.
Bummer! Awesome movie, but I didn't enjoy it to its full potential. I wanted to watch the end of it bad enough to force myself...and then I regretted it.
The
Power and Light District, in case you were wondering, is a premier dining, entertainment, and shopping district in the heart of Kansas City. And it's Awesome!
We just finished the TREK program for this year. (TREK stands for Teaching Reading to Every Kid.) Community volunteers tutor elementary students in Reading and Math. I was paired with a third grade girl whom I met with every Tuesday after school for an hour. I've been tutoring this student since last September. And WOW, the changes that can happen in 7 months! Kids can come a long way in that amount of time. Sometimes I had two students if another tutor was absent that day. (Hence the two pictures. Had two students on the last day and they both wanted pictures, but someone had to operate the camera. haha.) I really enjoyed it. I developed a relationship with my student more like a mentor. I had always heard that you must maintain a "professional relationship" with your students and you can't be "friends" with them. I started to realize the truth in that advice. If I was too much like a friend on a certain day, it was hard to keep her on task. I let her know that I cared for her, but I was there to help her with her studies. Little bit tough for both of us to realize, but at the same time, it was a GREAT experience for a future teacher. :) Rejoicing in the everyday victories of tackling a big word or understanding fractions reassured me that I love teaching.
