A rising 4th grade math student arrived for
tutoring 30 minutes late, as the Mom had over slept (the scheduled time
was 11 A. M.). Although the Mom does not admit her daughter has some
ADD or ADHD, all the symptoms are present. When I find
a student interrupting my teaching, I stop and ask: “Who do you think
is better prepared to help the other person – you help me or I help you?
This does cause the student to think about her rude interruption. I
mention how my job is: to help her to easily understand math; to teach
her any concepts she has had trouble solving; and to allow her to
shorten how long she will have to spend on her nightly home work
assignments in the fall. Total attention is present after that
“lecture”. Today, we spent her time going through problems on old state
End of Grade tests. She did rather well. Only on Venn Diagrams did
she say that she had not been taught that. So I indicated that she
going to understand it now and in the future, as it was easy. Need
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