Selene TP-3

This was my first tutoring session with Matthew Hong. It did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. Matthew and David Hong are twins and they seem to have acquired some pretty bad habits. Although Matthew was more cooperative than David, he still did not hesitate to display his annoyance and dislike towards having to be there with me. He groaned and moaned at any suggestions we made (Jamaal and I attempted to group-tutor the twins, even though were were warned over and over this was a bad idea), and resisted any activity we set up for him to the bitter end. When I convinced him to pick out a book he liked, he chose a Star Wars picture book with hardly any writing. I conceded on the condition I dictate to him the words in the character's depictions and he write out my narration. He begrudgingly did so, acting as if the exercise was far beyond the scope of his ability, all the while begging me to abbreviate every word so he wouldn't have to write it out. Tutoring Matthew will be a challenge but I think separating him and David will go a long way in terms of increasing productivity in future sessions.