The Tutoring Center: A Case Study

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Karen Baez (age 13) walking with her friends Yesenia (age 12) and Emily (age 13) they all went to an after school program that allowed their parents to pick them up later while still being under adult supervision. Wanting to apprehend why the tutoring center is closed Karen, Yesenia and Emily now confused, not understanding why they could not receive assistance with their homework that evening. Puzzled, the girls were, they thought that since they were present there should be no excuse as to why the tutoring center is closed. Emily and Yesenia went back to the recreation building while Karen stayed back to say “we will be back tomorrow. I won’t surrender”. Later she also went back to the recreation building. Once she did, she went to her friends and told them what she did even though her friends did not ask her, from here they …show more content…
Having a tendency to tell others what had just happened is what Karen is known for, even though nobody asked which at times can appreciated and others not much. Another instance would be when Emily was sad, on the grounds that, Karen received additional computer time. Observing this behavior Karen assumed that Emily knew she had received an inadequate grade in math and felt awful for her. Therefore, when Karen went up to Emily she proceeded to say “don’t worry, if I vamoose to the tutoring center tomorrow my grade will rise”. Further confused, Emily proceeded to tell Karen why she was sad.

Jake Henkel (age 12) is soon to be on vacation with his family over winter break. This would be the first time Jake is allowed to vacation do to the fact that he had done flourishingly in the school semester. Eger to vacation Jake had packed everything he thought he would need to for this vacation the night before and woke up early to remind his parents of the trip.

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