Self And Community Week 9

This week's meeting was another successful one. I met Mr Ramirez one his way to the meeting wjhen I myself was on my way to our regualr meeting venue. As we walked there together, he stopped for a minute to check on a couple of the plants he was personally involved in planting. Funny enough, this was the first time this semester I had actually stopped to obeserve the beautiful flowers around and appreciate the effort that the physical plant employees put in to maintain them. I felt guilty that throughout the semester, I had literally ignored the work Mr. Ramirez and his colleagues have been doing. Unsung heroes they are, indeed.

When we began the meeting, Mr. Ramirez, prepared as usual, came in with his own questions. He had marked a handful of words in the Daily Skiff that day that he was unfamiliar with. We went through these words one-by-one, and I explained what they mean in the context of the article he was reading. He noted down my explanations in Spaninsh. I was pleased with myself that I knew the definitions of all the words. This activity took about thirty minutes. We then went on the material I had brought with me for the day. I had an essay with basic English vocabulary and dictated while he wrote. We went through each sentence, correcting minor errors he was making. I would award his spelling accuracy today a 70%- a vast improvement from what I observed at the beginning of the semester. Through the combined effort of his other partners in our class and through his hardwork, Mr. Ramirez seems to be showing great improvement in his English proficiency. 

At the end of the meeting we parted ways. A familiar feeling of inner contentment came over me.