KyungAh TP#13

I met with my child tutee Saturday morning at 8am and I had gotten her a bagel from Bruegger's bagels. That was the bagel place she looked up in Tallahassee. I had actually never been there either and to my surprise, there are multiple locations. There is actually one right near my house (go figure). I got her the french toast bagel with honey walnut cream cheese. She said she wanted to try those two and so, since she did her work I rewarded her with it. Just like last Saturday, I came to the door and as soon as I rang the doorbell, she opened the door. She was awake and ready for me. We went upstairs and she was super excited for the breakfast. So, of course, before we started to get to work I let her eat the bagel and she went downstairs to get a glass of milk. She was eating it and she compared it to Panera and said this was a lot better. I said I had never tried this place so I'm not sure, but since Panera is a more "bigger" franchise, it might not be the best tasting bagel place. After she ate, I asked her if there was something else she wanted to try. She told me she wanted to try croissant here in the U.S. I honestly don't know where they sell croissants, but I'm sure I can find it even at a grocery store (like Publix). I told her if she did just as great as last week, then next Saturday I'd bring her a croissant. Of course, the motivation was appealing. She was so focused into our studies that we did not even know two hours went by. I'm so glad to see that she is really connecting herself to her studies and I feel like she really will show much improvement by the time she goes back to Korea. I do notice that her reading skills are improving, but her speaking skills seems to be on a standstill. So, for today, I had her actually talk in English with me a lot more than usual. I gave her a couple words with the /th/ sound so that she can practice the pronunciation; the words like "through" and "though" was tricky for her, but after some multiple attempts, I think she got the hang of it. I told her to keep practicing and I am going to quiz her the next time.