Tutoring Week 1

I started tutoring a 43 yr old male this week. He reads at about a second grade level.
It still amazes me that there are so many adults out there that were pushed through school or never made it through school.
That is all changing, one person at a time. And it is a wonderful feeling to be able to help someone how to read and write.
This first week we did a little "get to know you" stuff.
One of the reasons he wants to learn to read is to advance in his job. He wants to get his Class A drivers license. He will also need to learn a manual at work and test on that. This of course is down the road. There are smaller goals to reach first. He wants to be able to read to his 4 yr. old niece. And there are many other things that he wants to be able to read.
We start small and build our way up.

The bottom line is, he gets to improve himself and I get to feel good about myself.