The Benefits of Online Tutoring

Tow Truck Scheduled to arrive at next Tuesday, 6:00 PM

The toughest part of explaining to parents and students about online tutoring is that the vast majority of people (students, parents, teachers and school administrators) who would benefit most from the new idea of on demand one-to-one online tutoring, have no idea that such a thing is even possible.

You may be thinking, yeah sure, another tutor with another idea he think will change the world. Exactly! iTunes and iPods changed us. eBay, Google, NetFlix, YouTube, Amazon and ETrade changed the way we buy, sell, find info, see ads, watch movies, manage our finances. Isn't it time someone came around with a better way to learn every day.

Yes, colleges and universities, and even virtual high schools have allowed students of all ages to learn more conveniently by taking courses online. But I'm talking about every day learning -- immediate, empowering, there when you need it learning. What the Internet is great for -- no appointments, no waiting for help kind of learning.

Imagine for a minute that you're stuck in your car in a ditch on the side of the road and you call AA. You expect the person on the phone to tell you that a truck will be out there to help you in 15 minutes. What if the person gave you a different answer: "We'll schedule an appointment for your tow truck to arrive next Tuesday at 6pm". Until then, you have to stay stuck and figure something else out.

That is the answer hundreds of students have to figure out how to be satisfied with every night -- they're stuck and not in small numbers -- with algebra homework, a chemistry take home quiz, a history report they have to submit and don't know how to start, a tough geometry problem they need to understand before a test in 2 days. "Don't worry" I tell them, "Help is on its way next Tuesday at 6pm and I will charge £28 + £3 traveling expenses for one hour". Help, in the form of an appointment with a tutor, a scheduled office hour’s session with the school classroom teacher, a group tutoring session at a learning center. They're used to getting that answer, so they don't demand something better.

But hundreds of students (and their parents) are screaming out for help -- "I need help now, not next Tuesday at 6pm". I want the tow truck to get here in 15 minutes, not in 4 days, as you would tell the person on the phone. Even more unfortunately, families don't have a person on the phone to yell at, so they yell at each other, every night, because of the anger and frustration when parents can't help their struggling kids with homework or a test (because they are busy watching England and Croatia playing football at Wembley National Stadium), and the kids fall behind little by little and lose confidence in themselves. Not to mention that the parents are also tired driving home from work and they were stuck in the traffic which had accumulated because of the same football match at Wembley Stadium in London.

Most kids and parents just don't know that getting help the very hour of the day they need it is possible.

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