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How to Find the Right Tutor for your Child

How to Find the Right Tutor for your Child

I found my very first knitting project a while back and it was a hot mess. Holes where there shouldn’t be holes, dropped stitches, added stitches, and changes in stitch size. Even if you don’t knit, know that all of that is bad. I learned 

Private Tutoring: 6 Myths You Should Ignore

Private Tutoring: 6 Myths You Should Ignore

Moby Dick was almost my downfall. I was in junior Advanced English and doing well. Until we read Moby Dick. Half the time I had no idea what was happening in the book, let alone the deeper meaning and symbols. Yet all my classmates seemed 

Becoming a Tutor: Why I Kissed my Gradebook Good-Bye

Becoming a Tutor: Why I Kissed my Gradebook Good-Bye

It took me months to realize that my student, Graham, did not know my name. Graham was a high schooler with a traumatic brain injury. He knew the names of family members, but no one else. He was very good at faking out his friends,