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[mutton]

generally i can't stand extensive one-on-one tutoring
if they need to pay for a private tutor, chances are there is something fundamentally off

the "tutoring" i do now is i sit in a common room and random people come in to ask for help
this supplements my teaching in 30-student tutorials, which i prefer given not all faces are blank

[coqauvin]

generally i can't stand extensive one-on-one tutoring
if they need to pay for a private tutor, chances are there is something fundamentally off

yeah some people you just can't do anything for, but I usually do my best. I don't work with people long once i realize that they aren't willing to put reasonable effort into the subject matter. Generally, though, even if their basis is flawed or non-existent, it's usually just a matter of patience to build them up to a reasonable level. one on one tutoring, when done properly, is far more effective thana classroom environment.

[mutton]

thana

urite

[gwahir]

generally i can't stand extensive one-on-one tutoring
if they need to pay for a private tutor, chances are there is something fundamentally off

this is sort of true, sometimes. in some cases the kid has a condition (from add to autism; these kinds of things are treated most effectively in one-on-one learning sessions), in some cases the parents have fucked up and raised an bastard or a lazy-ass kid, and in some cases a student's just missed something integral early on and needs a tutor to pay special attention. in an ideal school system, the tutor's job would be made redundant.

the "tutoring" i do now is i sit in a common room and random people come in to ask for help
this supplements my teaching in 30-student tutorials, which i prefer given not all faces are blank

i did that as a teaching assistant at kumon and i also did private tutoring. i found kumon to be ineffective, frustrating and stupid. kids hated being there, and i hated its form of "teaching". kids i tutored privately liked me, they had a good time during sessions and, at least the students i had when i got good at it improved drastically, which was something i generally didn't see at kumon.

kumon kids picked up stuff like what a noun is and memorised their times tables, but they never really learnt stuff.