I still tutor a day a week at our county jail. I have had many students trying to improve their English. I have had Karen ( Burma), Hmong, Somali, and Mexicans. Sometimes the problem is with their pronunciation and other times it is building vocabulary. I have had 2 "illegal" Mexicans recently and theirs are sad stories. Both were discharged from the jail and then go to detention somewhere else to be deported to just over the border. How does one survive with no money and still very far from home in Mexico for each? One leaves behind a 4 year old daughter.
I have also had young adults who do not read. not at all. They are severely dyslexic. I wish I knew more about how to help them. I did some research and watched a video from one program but it's a lot of guess work and trial and error for me. I do enjoy the challenge of trying to figure out what would work.
I entered two pattern review contests and then did nothing! nada! zip! But I am trying again with the "UFO" , unfinished object contest. I have a whole lot of them. I started taking photos and organizing them. Then when I tried to install Microsoft security essentials, a free anti virus program I used previously, it infected my system with a lot of garbage I didn't want. I tried to remove it and still had a redirect out of my home page on yahoo, and more. I had to reinstall everything on the computer and lost all the photos I had taken, and also all the music I spent about 10 hours uploading to my laptop! alas!
My mother had open heart surgery two mornings ago. They don't want us visiting today so I am home catching up on chores. Maybe I can start over taking those photos and get some momentum going! They are baby clothes using Burda patterns. I cut out and started sewing about 30 pieces probably over 10 years ago. I can't just plan and make ONE baby outfit you know. I think,, oh it wouldn't be that much longer to make THIRTY! Then I get busy and overwhelmed and it sits in a basket for 10 years.
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