Use This Thread To Talk about 1 Thing You are Exceptionally Good at

[coqauvin]

I won't lie, I am an exceptional mediator. I've had some friends come to me before and ask my opinion on a situation, and they invariably followed my advice.

Also, I'm a pretty talented tutor as well - I have a deep understand of placing where a student is on a learning curve, how far I can take them and what they need from me and from themselves to develop themselves further.

There is no greater joy for me than witnessing the dawning comprehension of an idea worked out by a student on their own (the trick is not to tell them, it's to ask questions that lead to the subject).

[mutton]

There is no greater joy for me than witnessing the dawning comprehension of an idea worked out by a student on their own (the trick is not to tell them, it's to ask questions that lead to the subject).

yeah, this only works on a minority of students though, the ones who keep up with the workload and know enough to figure things out for themselves but not enough to not think the subject is hard

a lot of times i give up on the question-answer approach and just show them the solution for the following reasons:
- poor foundations that should have been built years ago
- lack of enthusiasm or response
- can't understand what they're saying due to an accent, or they speak too softly
- the solution is too unintuitive

[coqauvin]

Well, so much of any tutoring is tailored to the specific needs of the students. Generally, I try to find out as much about them as I care about - their general interests, hobbies, etc. - to get an image of their character. From there, I try to explain every concept as it applies to something they have experience with. Everything turns into an analogy based in their experience in one thing or another.

Of course, this approach doesn't work every time, but generally people respond to it really well, unless they are just having me tutor them because they feel obligated to learn something, but refuse to put in any kind of effort. Them, I will just tell the answer, leave and never help again.