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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
I enjoy helping a person turn a weakness into a strength, overcoming a fear and gaining confidence, seeing the benefits of some hard work, and getting to the end of hard problems. Lack of confidence may leave a student feeling unable to progress, but helping a student to overcome this and strive to achieve once more is an exciting challenge for me.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
I understand there needs to be a balance between hard work and free time. Eventually we want less hard work, and by learning skills properly, tasks will become easier. A student needs to study to build confidence and be ready for the challenge of tests. This will result in better outcomes and even the motivation to apply learnt skills to the real world. I have experienced the benefits of studying hard myself, and enjoy encouraging others to reach their potential.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
Most importantly, I will help a student worry less about talent, and more about studying effectively to fill in any gaps. People find a subject hard or easy depending on what they already know, so my role is to go over problem areas and set appropriate exercises to build up knowledge where it is needed. Practising good study techniques will help a student be independent and take advantage of resources such as class notes, worked examples, textbooks, and help offered by tutors and teachers.Tutoring students in 👦 👧
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About Richard
Experienced in Customer Interaction and Service
This tutor brings a wealth of experience in customer service, having worked in various roles that required excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanor. Their ability to interact effectively with people of all ages ensures a comfortable and engaging learning environment for students. Their past duties included maintaining high standards of service, training new staff, and managing tasks efficiently—skills that are directly transferable to providing personalized tutoring services.
Strong Educational Foundation and Technical Skills
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Science, this tutor also holds qualifications in Hospitality and has completed multiple safety and operations training courses relevant to their previous roles. These educational pursuits underscore their commitment to continuous learning and mastery of complex subjects. They are well-equipped to assist students not only with general academic skills but also with computer science principles, programming languages like C++ and Java, which could be particularly beneficial for secondary school students interested in technology.
Passion for Personal Development and Community Engagement
Beyond their professional endeavours, this tutor is actively involved in Taekwondo, demonstrating dedication to personal fitness and goal setting—qualities that they encourage in their students. Their volunteer work as a retail assistant also highlights their commitment to community service and ability to handle responsibilities while interacting positively with the public. These experiences contribute to building a supportive and motivational tutoring environment where students are encouraged to achieve their best.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
Completed homework. Followed and understood mathematical reasoning, could see direction of logic
Completed homework. Followed and understood mathematical reasoning, could see direction of logic
Staying ahead of workload, working through problems while there is still time to identify trouble spots
Not repeating mistake of applying rules for differentiating when not in proper form, thinking more carefully about difficult problems and not rushing
Not repeating mistake of applying rules for differentiating when not in proper form, thinking more carefully about difficult problems and not rushing
Interpreting formulas and graphs in a given context, using derivatives and integration to extract information
Correct application of binomial distribution to practice questions, interpreting questions correctly to find inputs into calculator
Correct application of binomial distribution to practice questions, interpreting questions correctly to find inputs into calculator
Putting expressions into correct form before applying integration rules, in this case expanding brackets to give a polynomial expression. Applying formula for standard deviation to probability distribution
Familiar with different distributions, knows variety of options to calculate probabilities
Familiar with different distributions, knows variety of options to calculate probabilities
Deciding and being clear about which distribution is key to a particular question, checking steps and working before using calculator