Haha- just read that bit about Ethan there...teacher wants him in special ed insanity. Likelihood is the teacher has never worked with an Aspergers kid. Like I said, they take some time, but the rewards are amazing. Most teachers will more likely throw up their hands than get there- I know I wanted to when i first encountered one. Sounds like your aunt certainly has here hands full with the two lads- good on you for stepping up to the plate to help out.
More then likely. Yeah, both of em together are a handful but its well worth it to help them out!
Alright, heres an update. Before I started tutoring Ethan, his weekly quiz grades were in the 30s-50s range. The last two quizzes he brought back were a 70 and an 80, and his end of the unit test (the unit I jumped in on in the middle of) he got a 64. He would have gotten much more, but due to unclear instructions (I dont really care for that teacher...) he did an entire section of the test wrong, getting 6 problems wrong (out of 25 total on the test. I know he could've gotten them because we did literally hundreds of that type of problem leading up to the test.) That said, its an improvement. And its good I can help at the beginning of this unit instead of jumping in the middle of one.
Now on to Alex... His ukulele just came in today, pretty little red Makala Dolphin. I like the uke, but the strings that are on it definitely need to be changed. Some black nonsense, they sound like poo. But anyways, we spent the whole hour going over parts of the uke, string numbers, strumming technique and learning the F and C chords. He wanted to use a pick and I said nope, better to stop the habit before it starts
hes having trouble getting a good clean sound out of it, but considering the improvement from beginning of the lesson to the end of the lesson, I think he can get a handle on it. By the end he was getting the two chords rather well. Next time I think I'll work on switching between the two, and learning the G chord. Once he gets those three I'll teach him Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or some such song so he can have a song to work on to practice chord changes. It actually wasn't too bad, I enjoyed teaching him! I go usually 3 times a week to tutor, so I'll be tutoring and teaching Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays usually. Today was an exception from normal because I had to help them with their pinewood derby cars (ah the wonder of cub scouts ^.^) so yeah, overall, fun time, and I cant wait to help him learn some uke and spread the love!
And for 10 bucks an hour, it'd be worth it whether it was fun or not