Word: handedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third semester of tutoring in the HAND program at Longfellow, Rosin is working with a blind student in the sixth grade, taping and reading books. He has also helped a fifth-grader with reading and writing...
Some Harvard tutors have had more difficulty establishing a relationship with their tutees. Michelle K. Jacobs '88 tutored two students through Leverett House HAND but stopped after one seventh-grader regularly missed sessions...
...positive one. "The kids I've worked with have been very willing to learn. They are very happy to work with us. When you're in sixth grade, a college senior is the greatest thing in the world," says Rosin, who is co-chairman of the Leverett House HAND committee...
However, many tutors say the circumstances can make such a progression difficult. "It depends if you're tutoring within the confines of a school day," says Quincy House HAND Co-Chairman Nina R. Schwalbe '88-89, who tutors Russian at Rindge. "If so, the kids will see you as more of a teacher...
...Leverett House HAND Co-Coordinator, Taryn Shea '88 has the responsibility of screening potential volunteers. "Anybody who's committed and loves kids can do it," Shea says, but she adds that dedication is important because "the kids that are involved are the ones who have had commitments broken on them in the first place...