The group I'm working with is Gear Up, well, sort of. Gear Up is a group that works with Holt High School (http://holt.tcs.schoolinsites.com/ ) tutoring students in various subjects and helping them to prepare for the Graduation Exam. Well, just my luck, the hours that Gear Up operates just happens to be the same time as English, which is the whole reason I'm working with Gear Up in the first place. I went to Gear Up on Wednesday morning because they were having extra practice for the Grad Exam, and I explained my situation with Julia Thames, the Gear Up leader I guess you would call her. So right now she is trying to get me worked into an english class at the High School as a volunteer. I'll be doing the same sort of stuff, just not under the "Gear Up" name. I haven't heard back from Julia since I emailed her my schedule, so I don't really know what to do next, but we'll see.

Now, about my first day at Holt. I had no problem finding the school, which is great for me considering that I can definitely be direction impared. I did however pass the school and have to do a u-turn in the middle of the street. I got turned around and went to park my car. Well, the curb at Holt is super crazy high, and I accidentally ran my car into it. Then, I went to the wrong door to enter the school. Believe me, I'm probobly the only person this would happen to. I finally made it into the school and found out that Gear Up was in a different room than they usually meet in, so the secretary had to walk me down the hall. I finally got everything figured out, and got to work with this one student who was studying for the english grad exam. I was thinking "This won't be bad at all, just review the basics and go over how to eliminate answers". Wrong. We had to start at the very beginning, as in nouns (singular and plural) and verbs (all tenses). It turned out to be a really good experience though. I got to brush up on all the english that I just assume I know and help a great kid study and learn. My student said that I really helped him and that he felt better about taking the exam, which is the whole goal of Gear Up. I hope I really did help and he wasn't just saying that to be polite, but I think I did help to make a difference and help him understand a bit more. Truthfully, I'd be just as happy knowing that I made someone's day just a little brighter as I would if I helped them ace a test.

Wow, so I definitely wrote a lot more than I intended to, so I hope I didn't bore you to death. Sorry if I did, but oh well, you have to read it. Wish me luck with getting this whole volunteer thing straightened out!

Ok. I swear I'm done typing now!!!