Some tutoring stories

zieak ♦ July 8, 2012 ♦ Leave Your Comment

After reading about TutorSpree I remembered some stories about tutoring.  Working at a private school that is largely composed of non-native-english-speaking (is that a run-on hyphenation?) students, there are occasional opportunities to tutor.  My wife took the opportunity to help out a first grade student who was struggling.  The going rate for private tutoring at our school is $20 for an hour of instruction.  It is usually done after school.  Some parents seek a tutor for the summer which would work more hours – trying to give an immersion type experience to their kids.  These seem like great opportunities to help kids that are struggling. 

One of our friends in Ulaanbaatar has a summer job of spending time working with a child that is lower in English proficiency.  She also interviewed for camps and earlier in the year was doing classes twice a week in conversational English with adults.  Clearly there is a demand for tutors in overseas settings that want to improve English.

Once my wife had a meeting but had tutoring scheduled.  I filled in.  It was a neat opportunity to work one on one with a kid in something outside of my normal teaching duties… and with an age group I do not usually work with.

In college I had tutored and been tutored.  Sometimes peers can get through in a way that teachers may not.  I liked the tutoring that I did in college and really appreciated those that have tutored me – both formally and informally.