
Kayla: Burr Ridge tutor
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Eckerd College - Bachelor in Arts, Philosophy
ACT Composite: 31
ACT English: 35
ACT Math: 32
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What is your teaching philosophy?
If a student has the right tools and the drive to try their best, that student will be successful. Sometimes the right tools aren't always obvious, so asking for help can have immeasurable benefit. Even professional musicians take lessons. If you want to get better at something, you should know that there's always somebody who knows something you don't yet, and then you've got to find that somebody and ask them for help.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
In a first session, it's important that we get to know each other. I want to know what classes you're taking and which ones you're having a hard time in. I want to be able to look at your homework, quizzes, and tests from those classes where you struggled, and get an idea of where there's the problem in understanding. But I also want to get to know you're life outside of that really tough class or classes. I want to know where you excel in school, if you're on a sports team, or in the band, or if you love being in the school theater productions. It's also important that I understand your goals. Where is your ideal grade and GPA, and how are we going to get there? If you're a college student, or perhaps a very ambitious middle school student, I'd love to know where your dream college is, or the career that you're looking to get into someday. There's a lot of ways to connect the things you're interested in to the things you're not, and we'll work on finding those.