Last Session

After having conflicting schedules for the past couple of weeks, Alberto and I were finally able to meet last night. Since we had not met in awhile, it felt as if we were starting all over again. We collaboratively wrote a description about his day. Alberto knew all of the words to describe his day, but he did not understand how to put those words in different tenses. I tried explaining it to him, but he just did not get it. I have found that tends to be an issue with our sessions, I try to explain something but it never seems to be effective. I never know what else to do.  

Once we conquered writing about his day, I asked him if there was anything else he wanted to focus on. He asked if we could go work on the computers because he wanted to learn how to respond to his e-mails. He had realized that he receives a lot of e-mails about TCU events and work schedules that he needs to respond to. So, we went and logged onto a computer and I showed him how to click the reply button to respond. His face lit up with excitement when he clicked reply and started typing a response. After he typed his response I showed him where to click to actually send the e-mail. He was extremely excited to learn how to do this, and said that knowing how to respond to e-mails will make a lot of things easier for him.  

Alberto told me he could not meet again next week, so this week was sadly our last week. I told him that I would like to continue helping him next semester. We decided that we would contact each other after the break and try to figure out at time to continue meeting. He said he would really try to improve his grammar over the break. I have really enjoyed helping Alberto, and I feel like each time I meet with him I continue to grow as a person.