University students are mentoring immigrant students and all of them are learning a lot from each other. - - Donna Poisl
By Jordan Friedman
College senior Meera Shah’s experience as a tutor has brought her beyond the confines of Emory’s campus, allowing her to assist those who have only recently come to the United States.
During her time as an Emory student, Shah made the trip one day to Fugees Family — a non-profit organization devoted to helping child survivors of war — to tutor an immigrant student from China.
To her surprise, she found that despite his placement in the eighth grade at a local public school, the student had minimal proficiency in the English language.
“Reading with him made me realize that he was completely unaware of what his teachers taught him each day,” Shah said. “But to me, his tenacity was admirable.”
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