Supplementary Task 1

By: Laura Huber

Two notable students I developed a positive relationship with are "Beth" and "Leah". My whole journal assignment was written about Leah, so that's just a bit of proof that I know her very well. Near the end of the semester I developed a positive relationship with "Joey", but we only interacted a few times to build this small but positive relationship - so I will be talking about Beth and Leah the most.

I knew Beth before I peer tutored this class, but not as well as I know her now. She is my best friends younger sister, so I always sort of thought she was annoying, but now I know different. She has become almost more of a friend to me than her older sister is!

I met Leah for the first time in this class. She rapidly became more of a friend than a student, because we related so much to each other and got along so well.

Both of these girls had a similar impact on me, but also different ones. They both made my semester a lot easier because I had someone to talk to in a way that did not have to be formal, teacher-to-student type conversation. This made me happy in many ways, but mainly just because I didn't have many other people in other classes to talk to, so it was nice to have a friend once in a while.

Beth had a positive impact on me because she helped me to connect to the rest of her family, who I don't get updated on very often. Every day I was able to hear news of how her sisters pregnancy was going, and after the baby was born, how the baby was doing and when I could find times to go over and visit.

Leah had a positive impact on me by being someone I could talk to about art-related things, who was interested in hearing what I had to say about art, and who was always willing to learn from me.

I knew for sure that I had a positive impact on both of these girls. They told me themselves, and I could also see it in how they developed throughout the semester. The end result made me extremely proud.

Beth told me that I had a positive impact on her because I was always giving her the best advice, unrelated to art. Without knowing it, I had been boosting her confidence and helping her get through her rough life at home and at school, by complimenting her and giving her advice based on my own experiences. I didn't know how much I had actually helped her until the end where she told me about something she was able to do that changed her life at home, all thanks to the confidence I gave her.

I could easily see the positive impact I had on Leah. All throughout the semester I was helping her to develop confidence in her work - letting her know that it was not inferior, that it was not the 'crap' she said it was. I told her that I saw great talent in her work, and I meant it. I could see that she really took it to heart, because nearing the end of the semester, she was finally starting to look at her art and tell me that she thought it wasn't that bad, and that she expected to her a fairly good mark on it. She got much, much better than a 'fairly good mark'.