By Aleaster Williams
“I Have a Dream” - NY has helped me in a variety of ways. One of these was the New York Cares SAT preparation course, which drastically improved my scores. Every Tuesday from 6-8pm the Dreamers would study in small groups with a volunteer instructor and go over strategies for better test taking. The subjects that we covered mostly were English and mathematics. Before the SAT prep course, I was oblivious to the many strategies that were beneficial for taking the test. Every Tuesday whether it was math or English, we learned something new and had a lot of fun doing it.
My tutor, Jenna, consistently helped me. She tried her hardest to make teaching and learning fun and she was successful. Her efforts as well as the hard work of all the other Dreamers and me is what made it possible for us to have enough knowledge to even take this test. Jenna taught us vocabulary and she helped us by focusing on our weakest subjects. Now I know that being tutored isn’t always fun, but the fact that Jenna was so nice and supportive made the difference.
