I found my own way to that address in Chatswood by 9:20, and the tutoring lesson was supposed to start at 10.Yup, means that I was 40 minutes earlier to go to a place...I shouldn't have left that early, but as this was the first time I serviced my second customer,it was a must to give her a really good impression to arrive earlier.
The day with fine weather, and my mood was fine. Walking down the street while looking for a road called Sutherland. Sutherland, one of my friends' Surname btw...
Once I saw his mum, I was hoping his son, who I would be tutoring was as decent as her. But things just go reversely, the kid didn't even let me to touch his creative writing papers because he's got pretty shit marks(precisely failed...)...His mum snatched his paper away and said,'Come on, Calvin, she's your tutor, you need to show her or else she is unable to help you out' He gave it to me quite unwillingly.
Soon after I read his creative writing, talked to his mum about what he should do more for his writing skills...I went into his room and started my two hours facepalmed lesson to tutor this kid.
Indeed, it was an ultimate facepalm once I started tutoring...He seriously couldn't shut his mouth no matter how many times I had been asking him to shush...He was too active that I found him hilarious and laughed with him for several times=.= His mischievousness got a rise out of me...mildly anger and impatience both came up yet I couldn't be angry to a Year 3 kid, besides, his mum was outside and checking how well I taught him from time to time...
Ok for instance, he asked to go to toilet, I asked him to come back asap within 3 minutes and he didn't come back til 10 minutes...I asked him to think how to work something out, he made up some crap that I have already explained so clearly...not paying attention when I talked, also interjected here and there as much as he could have...Sat like a boss (as if he was one..) and played with his pens and pencils when I asked him to write something up occasionally
Here comes with my methods when needed to handle a kid like him. Before this happened, I assumed my face is just too nice, and my friendliness is outwardly being mistaken as if I would not get angry by any chance...During my tutoring, he must have been feeling too comfortable around me...Anyways when he misbehaved, I stopped and gave him my deadly stare for a long time, it worked though it only lasted for less than a few minutes. The usual him came back when his mischievousness was being reactivated. He talked to me about his friends' stories, joked about smashing my glasses, then I was like 'no lenses mate, you gonna poke my eyeballs and then when I become blind, you have to take care of me the rest of my life' That humor has made him quiet for a bit, as you know, a kid wouldn't want to take care of a person so that it seemed like a real threat to him LOL But after he heard what I said, he tried to approach my glasses with his fingertips, I showed him by doing that myself before he was going to do it...'see?no lenses..lol' He appeared a WOW face then continued with our lesson lol That was just one of the examples...He asked me to tutor his maths, I was like 'NO~til you finish your English booklet and creative writing..' Another way to let him be quiet for a while...So to my observation, this kid likes maths the best yet he can't ace it, Also, he's scared of his mum a lot~ 'Ok, I would tell your mum about how you behave later..' 'okok...I won't say anything now' Once again, this only lasted for less than a few minutes, but I still had to say the same thing over and over....another time when I said 'If I don't talk, you can't talk. If I talk, you still can't talk, get it?' He giggled, I didn't find my statement funny or maybe my tone was funny for him..Overall, it's just too hard to let go of my funny side when I am with people>.>
But learning how to control this kid, you need to be observant and intelligently make him speechless. Anyways I told my mum about what kind of customer I had today, she just said 'just as I expected, told you, he would be a naughty one'
I had a nap on the train in the way to Hurstville...ten minutes left after I arrived. Then I bought a box of Takoyaki and finished it in five minutes...I wouldn't know how good my first customer is without comparing to the second customer...Jenny did her work and being so modest as a student. Well I do know they are not even comparative when one is just in his year3, the other one is going to uni next year...But still...I felt ten times or more tired when I taught that year 3 kid... After the lesson, I shared about how uni life is to her as she seemed really interested. one of the description of uni from some of my friends 'uni is just a place of escalated torments when you move from high school...'
I left her house...mum was just at a right time texting me, asking if the bf was coming to our house tonight...I was disappointed that I hadn't receive a text or a message online for the entire day... To be honest, I was even expecting him would be waiting for me at Wolli Creek, a surprise to be made to a reconciliation. Disappointment, yes...I thought too much but oh well...
I went back home at 5-ish, took a shower and ate dinner. Mum has been giving me a lecture of how to tutor that kid strictly....She said herself as an example which is true, guess I need to be more strict next time when I see him.
Later on, I printed out my hard copy for the tutorial tomorrow as my friend reminded me...filled out a form for her and checked my mails and such...going to sleep at 10, exactly at 10...I haven't slept this early don't know since when..
Lastly a legendary day with a legendary child, and I legendarily sleep so early tonight...strange, just so strange overall...
