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Here's what to expect on the first day with a new tutor. The first tutoring session is not about accomplishing work and is always inefficient. It should be. A tutor’s priorities for the first day are about developing rapport with a new student. Parents should set their expectations accordingly. read more

Ideally, tutors are self-defeating: we think our tutors are so good they should eventually make themselves redundant. That's because the theory we maintain about tutoring is that at its best it doesn't impart content so much as teach learning. That makes the following post about how we think about tutoring something like a mission statement.
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