I have 2 more hours of tutoring tomorrow morning

@NJChicaa (125881)
United States
January 9, 2026 3:20pm CST
Ugh. This student's mother let the homebound lapse for 5 weeks and she is classified so she gets 2 hours per week. We had 10 hours to make up as well as the 2 hours each week going forward. It has been a challenge to chip away at it. It is forensic science which everyone knows is my favorite subject. I'm having a hard time coming up with things to do during all of these hours. The "good" news is that she works slowly so a substantial assignment can take up the entire 2 hour session. She started something yesterday and is still at it today after an hour. She wants to do 2 hours tomorrow morning which I am totally fine with. . . but now I'm pressed to come up with something for then. It is difficult to find things online. I mean there are plenty of assignments, projects, etc. online but it is all on Teachers Pay Teachers. I am NOT going to pay for resources. I'm just not and certainly not for something that I don't typically teach. We'll do a Forensic Files episode. That will take about 45 minutes or maybe an hour if I'm lucky. But I need something else. . . and then something for Monday's 2 hours. I know I shouldn't complain because it is easy money and I'm really not complaining. It is just stressful to keep having to find stuff for her to do.
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@AmbiePam (109731)
• United States
12h
Watching Forensic Files gets you class credit? Wow! Wait, I’m probably thinking of the wrong thing.
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@NJChicaa (125881)
• United States
12h
There is a response form that they need to fill out while they are watching it. All of the forensic science teachers in our building use Forensic Files like once a week.
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@AmbiePam (109731)
• United States
12h
@NJChicaa That’s so cool (to me, at least).
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@RasmaSandra (92718)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
Best of luck to you and glad you can make some money,
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@RasmaSandra (92718)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
@NJChicaa (125881)
• United States
11h
$91 when I'm going to be sitting here anyway
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@MarieCoyle (53150)
11h
@NJChicaa I’m glad you can tutor from home, it’s so good to have the extra coming in for you.
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@JudyEv (368860)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I can imagine it's hard to find something. Do you keep notes from other times that you can fall back on?
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@NJChicaa (125881)
• United States
4h
Not much but it is all on the drive at work. Can't access it from here. I've been so overwhelmed trying to catch up the past couple of days that I forgot I had stuff on there. Oh well. I'll look at it on Monday.
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