My Tutoring Job

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In my junior year I became a tutor for elementary school students in Salvation Army’s After School Program and worked four days a week after school. I really enjoyed doing the job because I could help the children with their homework and was able to earn enough money for my own expenses. The challenge to me was that I had to have a bible lesson for the children every Friday. Basically it was included games and songs that I must think of for them. Since I have been in the Youth Fellowship there for two years, the pastor trusted me enough that I could get this job done well. The pressures were all on me.
It was my great pleasure to do my best to let the children know more about Jesus, but at the same time; it was very difficult to me because my bible knowledge was limited. Besides that, I had never taught anyone in my life. All the sudden I had 28 students; it was incredible. Fortunately, there were many useful teaching materials (pictures, crafts, videotapes...) that the church supplied to me that helped me make the teaching lessons more efficient and interesting. I had to prepare everything for the story before Friday. That was where I started to take things seriously and started being mature. By doing this job, I learned to take on more responsibilities and be more organized.
I had three students who were six years old. They were pretty good friends and always played together. The problem was every time I was talking to the class, they whispered to each other on their seats. Their action bothered the rest of the class. I warned them a couple of times but they seemed to ignore me. I was kind of frustrated at that moment. And later I thought that my job was to make them be positive; I shouldn’t be mad at all; this is what God wants me to do for Him. I was to play a role model and guide these children to His way. And I believed I could do it. So the next Friday I told them to separate from each other and dur...