After the winter break, it’s always hard to get back in the swing of things at school, but here at Beyond Tutoring we’re doing our best! I feel like I have learned a lot about poverty and its implications on children throughout the past year. By going to the weekly tutoring sessions and reading a few books covering the hurdles of people low on money and resources, I have a better idea of the challenges they face. It’s easy to ignore the terrible conditions of some public schools, and it’s incredibly difficult to come up with solutions that actually work. One of the things I’ve come to see about these children is that they lack not just formal education, but someone who believes in them and appreciates them. Without this, kids often have no motivation to try harder. Then they end up dropping out of school and getting stuck in the cycle of poverty. That’s one of the reasons having a school with teachers who care a lot about their students is so important.
Our group plans to continue attending the tutoring on Wednesdays through this semester, and we plan on completing more volunteer projects. We want to get involved with the Nashville Mobile Market, which is a food truck that comes to the Edgehill community (where we tutor) to provide healthy and fresh food to the people who live there. The hope is that it will encourage people to buy more healthy food because it will be more convenient to obtain. Our group is very excited about continuing our project throughout the spring semester!
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