In the 1980s I viewed a local public affairs program spotlighting the Adult Literacy League, and at…read morethat time I wanted to get involved. Now that I'm retired, I no longer have any excuses not to. So I have recently gone through an orientation to be a tutor, and have received information on my student. Tutoring sessions are usually held once a week in a mutually-agreed-upon spot (approved by the League) for an hour to an hour and a half. I will be working with my student on reading and writing, and on improving conversational English. The Adult Literacy League, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, is located on Michigan Street near South Orange Avenue and is staffed by a small, dedicated group of employees as well as volunteers. It receives most of its funding through private donors. The staff is eager to help when I need it, and I know I'll need their help often in this new venture.

My experience with writing as a process this semester taught me how to plan my paper's properly and…read moreeffectively. My unit one paper was my first major writing assignment in college, I was not proud of the process I took to finish this assignment, I didn't plan my paper, I just wanted to finish the assignment so I didn't have to worry about it. After looking at my Unit One grade I wanted to spend more time and effort with my Unit Two assignments. I used planning religiously on my Unit Two paper and revision. Using a flash card I wrote down all the textual supports and ideas I wanted to put in my paper. I used my draft as a invention space to write whatever came to mind. I look at first drafts as an assignment I put all my word vomit. After peer review I re-read my draft and completely deleted most of my writing because I knew I could do better. I re-read my draft and my peers draft to revise my paper to better it. I used a Heuristic method by looking at a specific sentence and say to myself "Okay I'm gonna write three other sentences to replace this sentence and see which one best fits". For Unit One I wasn't mindful of the material I had to make my paper successful, I was in a rush to finish the paper instead of focusing on planning, revision, invention and heuristics. In Unit Two genre analysis assignment I told myself to be mindful of this assignment and I planned ahead of what I was going to write. Writing is a process and I think it takes at least one failed attempt to realize how useful planning, mindfulness, revision, heuristics and invention are towards writing as a process.

Great place to learn and and continue in advancing your math. My 10 yr old seems to not get enough…read morechallenges in math at school. We've tried other companies and this is the one he begs to go to to improve in the math team at his school and competitions. Great instructors.