Final Easley Visit

Today was my last visit to Easly Community Center. I am sad to see the semester drawing to a close and hope to go back to the center next semester. By now I have gotten to know several of the kids, and pretty much have my tutoring regulars who I work with each time I am at the center. I normally work with two twin girls, both with hilarious personalities. I would say my over all experience at Easly is how smart the kids are. It amazed me that once they got to the center in the afternoon many of them would struggle with their homework initially (or at least the ones in the homework room). Then after a couple of sample problems and individualized help they were able to grasp the concepts and succeed at the work. Davidson County schools has a very high dropout rate among high school students, and working at Easly showed me that so many of these students become discouraged because of their one-on-one lack of attention when gaining the materials. It really showed me that it is not necessarily the kids that are failing in the schools, but the schools that are failing the children. Large class sizes, lack of funding, and various other factors probably effect the learning, however this experience has proven to me the potential behind many of these inner-city students.