SWD Meetings Afterschool (January 26 & February 2)

For the past two Mondays, I attended SWD Meetings. We talked about our upcoming service and planned activities for it. Here is a summary.

Wednesday Tutoring (Jan. 28, 2015)

Last Wednesday, I tutored a different middle schooler. This sixth grader was absent for a few classes and needed to make up her unit test. So, I helped her review for her test. We mainly focused on vocabulary and sentence structure. I would write the pinyin or chinese word and she would write the definition and the pinyin/chinese word.

Show Choir Domestic Helper Open Day - January 18, 2015

This has been one of the most meaningful and enjoyable services I have ever participated in. I heard that a domestic helper received a new phone in a lucky draw, and it was her birthday! :)  I originally signed up to help at the "vintage shop". But in the end, I ended up doing many different roles. I was also a food server, an usher, and I helped at other booths too. It didn't matter. When the "vintage shop" was open (basically a free clothes station), all the domestic helpers rushed in and took the clothing. In 10-15 minutes, 95% of the clothing was gone. I helped to advertise the card-making booth and passed out free cards. I gave directions and help to those who needed it. When the event was over, I was part of the "tear-down crew" and removed posters and decorations.

I loved serving the domestic helpers. Domestic helpers sacrifice a lot to come to Hong Kong to serve us, so serving them was a nice change. It brought warmth to my heart when I saw the joy in their faces.

SWD Meeting (Reflection) - December 31

We had a meeting to reflect on our service and to discuss what we wanted to do next.

MAD Update (January 27, 2015)

So yesterday, I continued to help Mrs. Wilson for my MAD project. This time, I helped her organize links, mainly videos, into the correct folder on Schoology. I helped to organize around 4-5 mathematics chapters. Personally, I love to order things and make sure that things are neat and orderly. I enjoyed doing this kind of service.

Tutoring Every Wednesday

Every Wednesday for one hour, I help to tutor a middle schooler with her Chinese. I mostly work with her on vocabulary and sentence structure. As she practices her vocabulary, I am able to see improvement.

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MAD Update (January 19, 2015)

Today, Victoria and I had our first real MAD service. We helped Mrs. Wilson do two main things - enter grades into the grade book and find pictures or cartoons about the future math units they will be doing. I would read the grades out loud, and Victoria will type it into the computer. It was more difficult if the names were not in order. When that happened, we had to search for the name. We found cartoons about absolute values, inequalities, and systems of equations. I found some quite interesting cartoons.

I could tell that Mrs. Wilson was glad that we helped her. She said that she had a lot of grading to do, and that we helped remove hours of work for her. Overall, it was a great first service. I look forward to the next one. :)