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Personal Writing: My Tutoring Job

I would not call what I engaged in a real job because I got paid without being taxed. My mother offered me a job for twenty dollars an hour, which I considered not bad. I was to tutor my 14-year-old brother in math. He was in algebra, and it was easy for me since I was studying in calculus. So I took the job without hesitation. Although later I found it exhausting teaching my brother, I still learned something from this job including being more patient, working with people, enjoying what I do, and the value of preparation.
I almost quit on the first day of tutoring. I got mad at my brother because he did not seem to understand what I was talking about for the entire hour. I felt ...

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out a new way of tutoring, which became more efficient later. I went through every problem with him, step by step, and corrected the errors he made. I read the textbook before teaching him so that I was well prepared to tutor him. He started to ask questions, and I answered and explained how to do those problems with him. On the last day of tutoring, my brother handed me a delicate gift, a wonderful angel doll, and thanked me for spending my summer vacation teaching him.
From this tutoring job, I learned to be more patient, the value of preparation, to work with people, and to enjoy what I do. I tried my best to put myself in the student’s position and to work with the student to get the work done perfectly and to enjoy what I was doing. Learning to control myself and not to get upset so easily is very important. Student’s questions should be answered thoroughly. I also learned that to be a good teacher, one not only has to be prepared for the material that one will be ...

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Added: 5/23/2007 01:59:26 PM
Category: Creative Writing
Type: Free Paper
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