I have about 7 months of experience. I have had 3 formal students so far, 1 PSLE student and 2 secondary 3 students.
I do plan to take up tutoring, teaching and mentoring as a career and hope that providing tutiton now can help me a better feel for what I will be doing for the rest of my life. Having tutored my neighbours' children informally for the past 2 years, I have developed very close ties with them. Even after moving house, they regularly keep me updated about their exams and scholastic activities.
Similarly, I look forward to establishing long term relationships with my students, where our professional relationship melds into one of mutual empathy.
I can start ASAP. I will be able to commit to any assignment till Feb 2015. I can take students on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings, as well as on Saturday mornings.
Rapport Building
Keeping Up with Curriculum
Because I studied at NUS High, where the standard and rigor of our course content is very high, I can assist students effectively and promptly with their queries. I also pursue my own self studies during my free time to keep myself sharp while waiting for university proper.
I like to challenge myself, a fact which can be readily seen from how I squeezed in an NUS module in my lat year of high school. I do not make compromises with my own learning, and am therefore well placed to help out with my students at all times.
As a Good Tutor
Tutors should be patient, knowledgeable and humble. Patience is important bacause students grasp different concepts differently. Having the patience to not give up on a student is especailly critical while correcting concepts wrongly understood or internalised.
Another basic requirement of a tutor is to have a large knowledge bank. This goes without saying - a tutor who lacks knowledge is not a tutor at all.
The last point, humility, is often overlooked, especially by many of my peers who provide tution as well. Humility helps you recongnise your shortcomings and work on them. As a tutor, it is pretty easy to mask such shortcomings, at the expense of your own integrity, self respect and students' prospects. Humility brings about the realization that we are not perfect and that continuous work is required to maintain and surpass our standards.
