Tutoring with Rita Schwab 9

I met with my Korean student this afternoon at the library. He had requested help with travelling by car to NYC as he wants to take his family this summer on this special trip.

First we studied the map of the Eastern United States and explored distances and possible cities to visit on the way. We looked at various alternate routes to travel north. Yonghuan inquired about time frame and distances and I turned him on to the mapquest website. He expressed an interest in wantin gto visit Atlanta, GA, Asheville, NC, Washington D>C>, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY. We briefly talked about all these cities and then focused on NYC. I had check out the AAA travel guild as well as a book on the history of New York city and the history of the statue of Liberty. We talked about immigration and Statton Island, the ferry to Manhattan, Battery Park, 5th Ave. Broadway, Greenich village, the Empire State building, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, eating out in the city, the subway, parking the car, Washington Square, shopping at Macey's and more. Yonghuan was totally impressed and inspired. We had met for 1 1/2 hour. His assignment for next week is to plan his route to NYC from Tallahassee choosing 2 different travel routes and mapping them through mapquest.