The Story of Dave Eggers

Once upon a school, there was a man named Dave Eggers. Dave Eggers was a good man, and one bright day came up with a moving idea about one-on-one tutoring in the city of San Fransisco, California. Eggers began with the idea of how students learn, and grow as a person when they have the have the opportunity to work on schoolwork one-on-one with a person that actually cared about the developement of the child.

Now Dave Egger grew up in a family full of teachers and from his teacher relations knew the struggles they faced when trying to deal with students learning ability. This was a time when students werent given the attention needed for them to flourish, and less funding for public education made it worse. During this time, Dave was just running a little gag shop selling pirate goodies. Realizing the attention students dont get, Dave plucked from the air the idea of 826 Valencia Streetm, a non-profit tutoring center for students to come in and receive one-on-one help with English. The construction of 826 Valencia street with the added ingredients of patience change countless kids.

In this story, there was also a boy named James. After hearing of one on one tutoring, and in public places on the street and in the weirdest places, he approved of the way Dave's idea was going. It inspired him, one idea, a better world. A better education doesent come from massive funds or offers to Stanford. No, he said, it comes from connecting with the kids, dedication to help,and passion to educate. James also learned that the to change a world it can start with the small things, connections with the individual. He remembered that one way Dave connected with the whole tutored group was that they wrote a story together. The story of 826 Valencia.

AFTERWORD BY READER

Wow this story was great! I personally loved the way that Dave was like one of the audience. He was funny and incorparated a sense of humbility we were comfortable with. His style was like the nervous yet likable characters in movies. He crafted the story like the topic, free and light.

Dave really added much to the insight on public education. The story shows how kids dont learn as good when lectured, they dont learn as good when they are spoonfed information. Instead it shows that learning can be enhanced by human interaction by one on one understandment. The world should take the ideas from this story and make education a better learning experience.