Josefina is M.I.A.

Last week, for the second week in a row, Josefina was not at the bookstore at 11 am Wednesday. My attempts to call her were unsuccessful, and the messages I left were not returned. I'll try calling her multiple times the next few days, but if this happens again I may request a new partner. She works the late shift, so I will try to call her a few times each morning. This is frustrating!

Meeting #5

Last week, Josefina did not show up. I am assuming she got confused and thought we weren't meeting because of fall break. I tried to call her, but she did not answer so I left a message. I was hoping to cover more of the preterite with her and get to speak with her more (I have yet to work on much vocabulary with her). I will save the material for this week! Hopefully she will remember to show up..

Meeting #4

Last Wednesday, Josefina and I made great improvements on her understanding of the past tense. She is really starting to understand it. She puts so much effort into her homework (she assigns herself homework!) and is always very willing to learn. Our meeting lasted just under forty minutes; it is difficult to gather enough material for an hour-it's just a learning process for me to determine how much work I need to prepare to cover an entire hour. Tomorrow I hope to work more on the past tense, but also learn a little bit more about each other. I am thrilled with how our meetings are going so far, but hope to make a deeper connection with her!