Today is December 1. December is my birth month. Today is also a Monday. My spouse and I tutor on Monday afternoons. Actually we didn't today because of the weather.
But thinking about age and tutoring reminded me of one of my favorite interactions with a student.
I started tutoring ten years ago. The first youngster who I tutored was a lively fourth grader. After sitting in school all day, another hour of "school" was rough for him. So we would take breaks and walk all around the building. But the reason I really remember him was for his devastating honesty.
During our very first meeting as we were getting to know each other, I told him that I was 70 years old. The conversation went like this
Me "I'm 70 years old. I know that must sound really old to you."
Him, as he laid his hand gently on my arm, "I don't mean to be rude but you look about a hundred."
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