Lucy TP-7

Mussad and I originally planned to hold a tutoring session at our usual spot, Red Eye Coffee, but when we got there, there was a concert going on inside and the place was packed. I had given Mussad some homework to do, but he explained that he'd been very busy, and I trust that as the case for these students, especially one like Mussad who is balancing a family on top of everything else. I had made him a list of vocabulary words dealing with Education and we talked briefly about his work on those.

 I mentioned that Ramin was playing a show at Milano's Pizza, and he really perked up. I suggested we go and I could find a way of mixing in a little tutoring session as we enjoyed the music. 


Mussad and I both had an awesome time. It was loud sitting outside, so I passed him notes and we talked between sets. We actually covered quite a lot and I underlined his beautiful mistakes as we traded notes back and forth. This let me see quickly his recurring mistakes. Problems with articles. 
We talked music, and he told me about an instrument he plays... The oud:

As the picture shows, it looks a lot like a sitar. Mussad tries to practice once a week.

 I'm always so grateful for technology when working with tutees, because I was able to type it in to my phone and pull up a picture, and of course, if I can't understand even what they're saying- I pass the phone to them where they can type in what it is or use a translating service to give me the general idea. Seeing pictures and knowing that a concept can be searched and found legitimizes everything and rounds it out for me as 'real'...Then I know I'm not just misunderstanding and they know that they've got their facts right. 

The food was delicious, the weather pleasant, the music awesome, and we even covered some skills- tutoring in writing, and a lil cultural loliputz.