{"id":3419,"date":"2016-01-15T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:06:11","slug":"tutor-jerry-mitchell-brings-warm-encouragement-and-grammar-basics-to-english-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/tutor-jerry-mitchell-brings-warm-encouragement-and-grammar-basics-to-english-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Octogenarian Tutor Brings Warm Encouragement And Grammar Basics To English Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3420\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3420\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JerryMitchell-1024x891.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Jerry Mitchell\" width=\"441\" height=\"382\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ELI ABASI \\ THE REPORTER<br \/>Tutor Time: Jerry Mitchell, 86, tutors students struggling to learn English at the Kendall Campus. He has served as a tutor at the campus for seven years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At a time when most people his age are retired, Jerry Mitchell, an 86-year-old English for Academic Purposes Laboratory (EAP) tutor at Kendall Campus, chooses to help students who are struggling to learn English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love tutoring because I get to meet students from all over the world,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThey keep me thinking young.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lab provides English as a Second Language (ESL) students with computers and printers to assist with what they are learning in class. Students may also ask for tutors to assist them with ESL related work and to practice English. Students come from around the globe including Cuba, Iran, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Besides covering the foundations of grammar and vocabulary, Mitchell uses the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qtxqFZbyzS0\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i>Cold Water <\/i>by Burl Ives<\/span><\/a> to teach his ESL students pronunciation and life philosophy. The song is about a cowboy in the desert with his horse. He sees all kinds of mirages created by the devil. But the horse encourages the cowboy to keep moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing that I try to do is encourage them,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cMany are a little downhearted because they can\u2019t learn English, whereas they are actually better than they think they are. Just a little encouragement, they go a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 6 feet, 2 inches tall with well-deep, kyanite blue eyes and grey hair, Mitchell has worked in his position for seven years. He tutors every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the EAP LAB Room \u00a06351. Mitchell substitutes in ESL classes teaching writing, grammar and spelling.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in 1929 in Long Beach, California. In 1948, he joined the Air Force when the Korean War was just starting. Mitchell served for four years and afterwards started studying in the private Roman Catholic University of Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington in 1952. He attended the university with a scholarship in basketball and funding from the Government Issue Bill (G.I Bill). He graduated in 1956 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology. Later, he earned a master\u2019s degree in linguistics and a doctorate in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1990, Mitchell decided to retire from his position as counselor at Long Beach Public School and as a history and English teacher.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Miami, where he spent his time teaching windsurfing at Key Biscayne for Sailboards Miami. Mitchell learned how to windsurf at 50 and continues to this day.<\/p>\n<p>When he came to Miami, Mitchell\u2019s daughter, Cristi, a professor in the Kendall Department of World Languages, needed a substitute teacher for her ESL classes and thought no one better for the position than her father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s perfect, because my students always have a great time with him,\u201d said Cristi Mitchell. \u201cHe follows my plans, but also does his own thing, which the students love. When I come back from being absent, my students always have big smiles on their faces, and they tell me how much they love him\u2014probably more than they love me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell likes being an ESL tutor more than a professor because he can work closer to his students without worrying about the grades.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba-born student Claudia Lopez is a regular in the EAP Lab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a very, very, very good professor,\u201d said Lopez, who aspires to work as a pharmacist. \u201cHe\u2019s very good in grammar, reading and pronouncing and well, everything in English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Photographer Eli Abasi contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when most people his age are retired, Jerry Mitchell, an 86-year-old English for Academic Purposes Laboratory (EAP) tutor at Kendall Campus, chooses to help students who are struggling to learn English. \u201cI love tutoring because I get to meet students from all over 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