John's Tutoring Blog

I recently passed the milestone of having had tutored twenty hours or more through WyzAnt. Not only do I now earn an additional 5% from tutoring fees and have a green 20+ hours medallion next to my name on my profile, I have gained the satisfaction of knowing that I have helped students improve their grades and prepare for standardized tests. I passed the twenty hours of tutoring milestone by tutoring three students. I am still tutoring one of these students, a ninth grader, in Geometry, helping him increase his Geometry grade as well as prepare for the New York State Regents. I tutored an eighth...

I only recently learned about WyzAnt and my account went active less than a month and a half ago. Since then I have secured two students. I have tutored three times for a total of five and a quarter hours and earned $126 in extra income. More importantly, I have already made a difference in the lives and academic success of my students. Although I am certified in twenty subjects, I am currently tutoring my students, a seventh grader and a ninth grader, in Math. Eventually, I will also tutor the seventh grader in English and Chess.

I am restricting myself to students within a mile or so walking...

Rocky (not his real name), a freshman in a New York City public High School, received a score of 58 on his last Geometry test before I started tutoring him. On his next test, the first after I tutored him in Geometry for one and three quarter hours, his score was 83, a 25 point increase! The improvement was so significant that Rocky’s teacher wrote an encouraging comment of recognition on the top of Rocky’s test. I do not know who was more proud and satisfied: Rocky, his parents, or me.

To what do I attribute the 25-point improvement? During our first tutoring session, Rocky and I reviewed...

After taking pre-calculus and calculus my first year of college, the Professor recruited me my sophomore year to be part of a team of tutors to help students struggling with pre-calculus. That was my first experience tutoring. Although I am not a certified teacher, I have since taught and tutored various subjects, in one way or another, most of my adult life.

Through another company, I recently started tutoring high school students in English Language Arts and Math. I enjoyed the students I worked with but company policy limited me to working with each student a maximum of thirty hours. The...