Journal Entry 12

[Dan Cosgrove]

This past week was my last meeting with my tutor Maya. This week instead of really studying Hebrew we went over my presentation for my culture project and made sure everything was perfect. She helped me implement new words that were more easily relatable with the subject matter I was talking about. Besides placing the words in she helped me go through my presentation and was my receptive audience. Then she gave recommendations as to what else I should add and take out of my presentation. For instance, I was only planning on speaking of the good things about Birthright, but Maya mentioned there are many critics. I had not even thought about that. By adding the negatives about my topic of interest, people were better able to understand and get a feel for everything that Birthright stands for. It has been very fun working with Maya this semester as my tutor. She was flexible enough with my demanding schedule to allow for me to meet at least once a week to learn Hebrew.