The High School Hump
When
I was in high school, I struggled with my grades, there were tremendous
tutoring opportunities around the school, but I wasn’t comfortable with
being tutored around my peers because I was too embarrassed. I told my
mother that I was struggling in my classes and that I needed help with
my homework. She said “Well don’t they have tutoring at your school?” I
said “Yes, they do but I’m not comfortable in that setting.” I need one
on one tutoring so I can better understand.” She said “Well I will see
what I can do.” She searched in different centers around the community
that had one on one tutoring for me. She finally found the perfect
center; it had a good tutoring program that offered free tutoring in all
high and elementary school subjects. It was called the Roberto Clemente
Center in East Chicago, Indiana. I received great help; my brother also
received tutoring also. I passed all my classes that year. As I went
through high school I continued to go to the center, I even took a
tutoring job when I was in the 12th grade. I guess you can
say I grow up in this center, and because my family was so well known in
the center and my brother and I did so well in school, the director and
the staff of the tutoring program decided to put my family in the
newspaper to tell the community about our success and to promote the
tutoring program for other family that have children that are struggling
with their grades.
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