Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 1/16/2018
For this month’s Ask A Tutor post, some of our tutors share their tutoring resolutions for the upcoming year. What are yours? I tutor exclusively at shelters where homeless families …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 12/5/2017
Question: “I had a conversation with my student recently about the holidays. She wanted to know all about my traditions and I told her about having my son and daughter-in-law …
Ask a Tutor Tuesday – 10/24/2017
Question: “My student doesn’t want to do anything but homework. I try to bring in other things like books or worksheets but he doesn’t put in any effort even though …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 9/12/17
“My student is staying back a grade and the rest of his friends are moving on to high school. He doesn’t want to do his work and thinks it’s pointless …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 8/8/2017
“I’m working with a 6th grader and am having a hard time tutoring math. It’s so different from the way it was taught when I was in school. Sometimes …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 7/5/2017
Question: I tutor at a group home and the students never have homework. When I bring academic things to do they don’t want to participate. I feel like I’m not …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 5/8/2017
Question: My student seems advanced for his age. He’s 11 and can complete most of the homework we do with only a little prompting. I’m looking for a way to …
Ask a Tutor Tuesday – 3/21/2017
Question: I work in a group home. What right do I have to “put my foot down” and make them work? If they say they don’t want to work, what …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 2/21/2017
Question: “My 7th grade student just started a new middle school in January and is having difficulty catching up. She wasn’t enrolled for a couple of months because the family …
Ask A Tutor Tuesday – 5/17/2016
Question: “I’ve been working in a small residential group home for three months where there are usually three-five male teens. The staff don’t seem very encouraging about continuing over the …