My purpose as a tutor is to go beyond promoting mastery of the subject matter to fostering an excitement for lifelong learning and the acquisition of skills that will aid the student in future coursework. How would you help a student stay motivated? Talking to the students about their own goals often originates real motivation. Those goals can be as simple as making a certain grade on a test, for example, and, once they are identified and set, goals become more discernible, and motivation easier to sustain. If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?