Today I met with Harry, Harry is from Zambia. Harry has been in the United States for the past two years (at a junior college) but his English language abilities are in the intermediate range. Harry and I reviewed his to-do list for the week. Harry just took a math exam that did not go well and I helped him compose an email to his professor to meet with him. Harry did not quite understand the concept of office hours so we reviewed what they were and their purpose. This math class will be very challenging for Harry as it is a course that utilizes English in math, so lots of word problems. Harry also has an essay due in two weeks for WOH, we reviewed those requirements. Harry struggles to read and comprehend course materials. In order to help him, I read through the information and had him summarize what I said back. He understood most of the information but it was not all clear. So we then I wrote down the main areas of the paper and had him go through and fill in the details. While he did this I watched and then asked leading questions to keep him on the right track.
Harry cares about his school work and wants to do well. I believe he is putting forth his best effort and he does stress when things don't go well. He is battling quite a few challenges and I'm hoping he can work through those in order to be successful.
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