Tatiana TS #12

Dojun asked to read an article together from NPR. It was called "A Whole Lot of Improv: Southwest Readjusts to a World Without Boeing 737 Max." It was a very interesting article about Boeing being approved, but having a lot of malfunctions. The FAA demanded change immediately, which is extremely difficult for an airline to try and chance its planes overnight. He did very well reading the article and asked me about phrases in different contexts. For instance, "heart and mind" where used and he knew what both those words meant, but did not understand the phrase. In this context, that phrase was used to describe the airline operations center as the heart and mind for Southwest. I explained its the center control system, so I compared it to the heart and mind of a human. The heart and mind is the center for humans, so the phrase was used to express the importance of this operation center to Southwest. I was impressed with  his comprehension level. We would reread the sentence he would ask about, and most of the time I made him read the sentence before or after it for context. We will be reading more articles together for our next session.