First Private Lesson

Today I gave my first private English lesson! One of the secretaries at my school came to me yesterday and said a woman was looking for a native speaker to tutor her 5th grader in English. Since I'm one of 2 auxiliares who live in Alcala (as opposed to Madrid center) they preferred to have someone who lives close, so that was good for me! I called her yesterday and she said she'd like me to start as soon as possible. I was a bit unsure of how it would go, but everything turned out great! She lives really close, between my apartment and the school so that's really convenient. For an hour we practiced the past tense of verbs, and it was a lot easier to review/quiz/help her than I expected. She has her first test next week though, so we'll see how that goes. She also has an older sister who takes English but doesn't need a tutor. She sat at the table with us just to hear a native speaker, etc while she worked on her English homework. At the end of the lesson I was paid in cash, so nice! I've heard private lessons is the way to go... now if only I could find more students... lol

I think I might tutor a couple others if I get the chance, but we'll see. I don't want to take on too many, after all I still have a teachers class in the afternoon and I still want to have time to run during daylight!