I interviewed Eduardo today. One thing that I learned was, despite Eduardo’s interest and excitement about some of the history work that we do. He felt a little uncomfortable being interviewed by me.
I had chosen him because he was one of the students who seemed to be the most academically motivated, yet still had a lot of challenges with English. He was someone who always worked hard and seemed excited about the work we do. But in a one on one setting he was sort of nervous, showing that perhaps he was not the best choice.
Nonetheless I learned some things about him. I learned that he gets As and Bs at school, that he finds Math and Art the easiest classes, and that he’s on the soccer team at school. He says he likes UFS because he likes his friends and teachers. He doesn’t like the food, however.
He was born close to Toluca, and came to the US when he was 8 and said he was excited to come to the United STates. He had finished through the 3rd grade in Mexico. His parents were educated through secundaria. He lives with his mother and father.
He lives in the outer fruitvale neighborhood, his mother stays home while his dad is a baker. He said he thinks he wants to go to college but he didn’t seem to sound sure. He attends one of the after school programs every day, which means he’s at school from 8am – 6pm every day – long day!
In probing his learning styles - he said he likes graphic (pictures), written, and listening modes for learning all equally. But I wonder if he really feels that they are all equally easy for him.
There is still much to learn about him.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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