In a past post, I was able to have the opportunity to tutor a first-year degree. It was now the last day today and I must say, I was way different from what I thought it was going to be. It was both a challenge and a good learning experience and I learned a lot. This post is going to talk about the challenges and what I have learned these past months.
So about three months ago I took on the opportunity to tutor a first year in my degree. I didn’t know what I was getting into and thought it was going to be easy, but it was so much more than that. Don’t get me wrong I loved doing it. I love helping others and it was a very fun experience to have. But there were certain things I ran into. I learned how to be more patient towards others, other than my family.
I have learned patience myself because I have nephews and a niece so I know how to be patient with children. Also, I am the youngest of six so I know the patience from that. But for this, I needed a whole new kind of patience. I had to try to teach someone older than me and have him try to listen to me even though he had so much more life experience. I had to teach him to be able to listen to me and see what I had to say.
One other thing I learned is how to teach. Before going into graphic design I wanted to be a teacher because it was the way I could help and I thought it would be fun. This was a little snipped into teaching and it was fun, but also a lot. I have a better understanding of it. I was also about to relearn past tools and things that I forgot about from being a first year. I was able to help him and help myself and we both learned on the way.
There were some bumps along the way and sometimes I wanted to stop, but I did want to help so I didn’t stop doing it. From this experience, I learned a whole new way to be patient. I learned how to teach and how to relearn some things that I forgot how to do as a first year. All I hoped from this experience was that I could be of help to him and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.