At the beginning of the eight grade, I was mortified to learn that I suck at writing, although I had always been an eloquent speaker of thoughts and theories. My 8th grade teacher spilled her guts out about my writing with her red pen. While I cried a lot, I'm pretty sure that little red pen shed more ink than I did tears. So, I got a tutor to help me pass the North Carolina eighth grade writing test. I went from a poor writer to an effective writer‰ÛÓand I believe I did this because of my tutor. Tutors have the luxury of focusing on one learner's needs at a time, whereas teachers must carry a group of learner's needs all at once. I have learned to be a more efficient teacher and tutor by reflecting on my past experience with other tutors. Overall, I have ten years of tutoring in a professional capacity, five years of teaching at the college level, and several years of volunteering experience. Through these experiences, I have encountered various types of learning disabilities and language acquisition issues, and I have taken workshops on how to navigate these particular situations. Building student confidence in their ability to learn is an integral part of the tutoring process because student confidence is vital to teaching students healthy study skills and habits that they can take into other areas of their academic life. So, I really want to work with clients who want to learn how to become more confident and competent in their abilities, regardless of how much red ink they have seen!