Recently, I signed up for a volunteer program. The idea of it is to help adults who aren’t the strongest readers. This sounds like a noble cause to me, so on three separate days during April, I attended Zoom classes teaching me and the other volunteers how to be tutors. These people could need a variety of help, like reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Our job is to do just that.
I’ve never actually been a tutor before. At one point, I considered being a teacher, but I never pursued it. No reason why, I just became an author instead. This volunteer program will finally give me the chance to see how good a teacher I can be. One interesting thing I learned was that we all have a different learning style. I’m a visual learner. I need to see something being written or demonstrated to understand it. The librarians in charge will try to pair me with a student with a similar learning style, but this isn’t a guarantee. I could be paired with an auditory or a tactile learner. Regardless, I have to teach based on the student’s learning style, not mine. It wouldn’t work if I tried to teach a tactile student visually or a visual student auditory.
All in all, this will be a new experience. I don’t even know who I’ll be teaching, just that this will last about four to six months. Whoever I help, I hope this will be fun and informative for both of us. Reading is a connection all of us share and I’m happy to share my love of books with others.