My name is Darby, and I want to be your tutor! I was trained to be a writing consultant at California Lutheran University in early 2014 and spent a year in the university writing center as a consultant after completing that course. Since my training was completed I have been tutoring graduate and undergraduate students constantly and have worked with a very wide range of individuals. I still attend CLU as a third year undergraduate student studying Industrial/Organizational Psychology and I...
My name is Darby, and I want to be your tutor! I was trained to be a writing consultant at California Lutheran University in early 2014 and spent a year in the university writing center as a consultant after completing that course. Since my training was completed I have been tutoring graduate and undergraduate students constantly and have worked with a very wide range of individuals. I still attend CLU as a third year undergraduate student studying Industrial/Organizational Psychology and I am planning to graduate in 2017. Now that you know a little bit about my background, let me describe my relationship with tutoring.
Tutoring is a fulfilling experience for me because I believe strongly in one ideal: the improvement of the student is the most important part of the job. I have been tutoring for a while and have seen students of all types. Watching students improve over the course of time is my favorite part of tutoring. Watching a student not make the mistake that has been tripping them up; hearing a student explain a concept that you gave them; watching a student enjoying something they used to dislike; these are the things I like about tutoring .
The reason that I believe that I am a good tutor is that I have a lot of training and practice. The time that I have spent tutoring has led to me developing concepts that help me to best approach each lesson. I believe these concepts should be understood by both parties in order for the teaching and learning experience to be fulfilling for all those involved. One concept that I try to make sure all my students understand is that I am a consultant who is there to help the student succeed. I am not there to do the students work for them or to discuss anything involving grades with students. The reason that I think this idea is important is because a lot of tutors tend to get sucked into what I call a "grades vacuum." In the grades vacuum, the only thing that matters is what the student receives for academic scores on their work. This tends to put too much emph
