The moment I saw clenched fists and the red burning eyes of students engaged with programming in Java code, I knew that I’d do whatever to solidify their computing skills through instituting their brilliant minds. As an after school tutor at Cy-Fair HS, I worked with students of all grade levels during my eleventh grade year, helping refine their programming skills, particularly recursions, binary conversions, and arrays. As a part of my responsibility, I would create powerpoints with examples and practice problems and attempt to establish a relationship between Java and the student. One of my favorite memories was when Brian, a student I’ve worked for many hours and weeks, told me that he has overcome adversity in programming and truly enjoyed my leadership style: empathetic, encouraging, and detail-oriented.
Those words said by Brian stimulated my interest developing more methods of leading and assisting students. My community service achievement that I’m most delighted of is the work I did to organize a moving and cleaning crew to help residents who suffered from Hurricane Harvey. The day of the event, I was able to recruit four members who were encouraged to help those in need. My responsibilities as the leading crew member were to supply the detergents and help move damaged furniture.The activity lasted around twelve hours: from six in the morning to 6 in the afternoon. This event was a life changer, because not only did it provide an opportunity for citizens to connect with others, but to be appreciative for what you have and understand the problems others face. As a result of my community service, I gained hands-on experience in tutoring, cleaning homes, and moving furniture.
A lesson I learned from tutoring is that it is key to be able to differentiate constructive criticism and destructive criticism. It is important to know that as a tutor, I must not make a simple critique about the work of a student, but instead find a way of saying positive things that would not make a student feel incompetent. To conclude, volunteering to be an after school computer science tutor at Cy-Fair HS has been a great experience. By leading group discussion and teaching specific topic, I improved my social and explanatory skills. My interest in tutoring students about computer programing has deepened; therefore, I look forward to gaining more computer skills in college and hopefully continue my volunteering work in programs at University of Oklahoma.
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