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This week I returned to Meadow Valley Middle School* for the sixth time, and once again I worked one-on-one with sixth-grade student Lynn* in Ms. Smith’s* third hour math class.  Ms. Smith asked us to work on some social studies work from the previous class that Lynn had not gotten anything done on.  The assignment [...]

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After visiting Meadow Valley Middle School* for another tutoring session, I am still thinking about everything that happened during about the hour and a half I was at the school.  I saw two girls get into a screaming match in the hallway, one student get in trouble for pretending to snort cocaine, and I was [...]

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During my fourth tutoring session at Meadow Valley Middle School*, I once again had the chance to do one-on-one work with Lynn*, a sixth-grade student in a special education math class.  I made one quick observation of my own actions at the beginning of our time together while we were still in the classroom.  The [...]

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My third tutoring experience at Meadow Valley Middle School* was very interesting, and involved switching classrooms with my student and two substitute teachers.  I started out with Lynn* in her regular math classroom, where there was the first substitute teacher of the day, Mr. N.*  A conflict erupted almost immediately when Mr. N. told the [...]

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During my second visit to Meadow Valley Middle School*, I finally had the chance to do some one-on-one work with Lynn*, a student in the sixth grade. I started our session by asking her about her week and what she had been doing, but while we were working on fractions Lynn repeatedly stopped to [...]

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Last week I went to Meadow Valley Middle School*, an urban 6-8th grade school, to work with sixth-grader Lynn* during Ms. Smith’s* third hour special education math class.  However, Ms. Smith had signed her class up to go to an assembly to celebrate Black History Month, so I attended the assembly with them.  While I [...]

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