Tutoring can be so much more than the short term results on your tests. Whether it's Physics, Chemistry, Writing, Public Speaking, Debating, Math, Math Contests, ACT, SSAT or just my favourite: Bespoke Enrichment, the process needs to be valuable in itself and aimed towards long-term meaningful happiness.
A qualified tutor should be able to explain concepts to make them easy to understand.
That's the ordinary tutors.
Doesn't your family deserve the Extraordinary?
Should they not get the best that we can provide?
A creative tutor goes the extra mile by coming up with stories, metaphors, illustrations that let you truly know the concept at a gut level.
A passionate tutor will be fun to work with because the enthusiasm is contagious to the student even while socially distanced.
A caring tutor will try to find out what else is needed to grow during school. Students need the growth mindset that it's not so shameful to make mistakes that they should quit their previous dreams.
A wise tutor guides students to learn to enjoy the challenges and love the wisdom that by really making an effort every loss is the beginning of a future victory that will be worth far more than just the numbers on the test scores and in their future bank accounts.
A responsible tutor will keep you to your plans and your schedule just as they will need to when they eventually take on powerful professional responsibilities after graduation.
An experienced tutor is not simply one who has worked for over 2 decades solely as a professional tutor. Just repeating the same official lesson plans over and over turns the tutor into a repetitive bore. A great tutor builds broad experience by varying teaching styles, subject matter, and grand strategies. Experience can be built with experimentation and the humility to know that even sitting on a mountain of accumulated prizes, I can always improve.
A Stoic tutor and a Stoic family realize that the process of learning is a beautiful activity that should be valued no matter what the fates offer in results. We will courageously take learning to an obviously higher level. That should be apparent during the very first lesson.
Since the 90's, Professional Tutoring has been my only career. I have made it incredibly enjoyable for myself and my students. If families are willing to invest the effort into education, the rewards can be in many areas of life.
For your safety, a standard criminal background check for teaching is on file with the RCMP.
Eric Brian Steinman tutors SAT ACT SSAT PSAT AP courses Math Contests Public Speaking Debating Writing Reading Comprehension Precalculus Calculus Economics Social Studies History Geography Chemistry Physics and some Biology