Do I have to make a reservation to attend one of your tutoring classes?
Classes scheduled on the
calendar
do not require reservations or pre-payment. Simply show up and take a seat.
Do I have to make an appointment for private tutoring?
All private sessions are scheduled directly with the tutors via email. The list
of tutors available for each course is listed on the
people page
allong with their email addresses. To set up an appointment, send an email with
your class information. Please
keep in mind that our tutors get a lot of emails so some may be accidently
skipped. If you do not receive a response within a few days, please call (979)
485-8556 or email
help@tutorjohn.com
.
Where do I go for the classes or sessions?
All our classes are held at the
TutorJohn building
. There will be signs displayed on the windows to indicate which room a class
is being held. – Feel free to come into the office and ask where to go
from there.
Most of our private tutors meet at the TutorJohn building unless requested
otherwise.
How much does a session cost?
Rates for each tutor can be found on the
Prices
page. They also accept cash, check, and credit/debit. Along with Venmo.
There is a $0.50 surcharge for paying with a credit card.
What forms of payment do you take?
We accept cash, credit cards, and checks. Checks must be made out to tutorjohn,
not the tutors.
There is a $0.50 surcharge for credit card payments.
Do I need to buy tickets in advance?
No, we try to keep the class sizes small, that means we have almost never
turned a student away. When class sizes do get large, we will double up on the
class instead of selling tickets. You might want to show up early for a few of
the larger classes only to get the seat you want, not to make sure you get in.
If we think that the class will get really large, we will make a sign up list.
That information will be listed on the schedule.
Should I pay for tutoring in advance (buy a season pass, etc.)?
This is a tactic that some of the local tutoring establishments use to trap you
with their services. Be warry of anyone that wants an application fee for
tutoring. I prefer that you come in and try my service before you pay a large
sum of money and commit to yourself to a bad business. Once you have purchased
a season pass, you are trapped with that business. They have your money, what
is to keep them honest?
I have sold 4 week passes in the past and that seemed to work really well. So
look to the announcement part of the
home page
page for details.
What do I need to bring with me?
That varies from tutor to tutor. For scheduled classes, we will provide note
packets, so just bring a pencil and a graphing calculator. I also recommend
Purchasing a 3 ring binder, I will hand out a LOT of paper
What makes you different from the other tutoring places?
First off, I will keep my class size small. A small class allows you to ask
questions, it allows me to give you problems to work before you leave, so I can
check and see if you are understanding the material, another is that you are
not crammed into a desk that was designed for a 10 year old, and I try to keep
my sessions as short as possible. In addition my business has survived Covid,
as well as evil rumors spread about by not so nice people.
Why do the teachers hate tutoring places?
I am not one of the teachers in these departments, so I can't really answer
this question, but I can speculate. One, it is jealousy. Most of these
teachers especially in the math department are not paid all that well. They
think they have a thankless job, working with 300 students per class, and
having 3 sections like this. It just gets them cranky. In addition, grading
papers are easy if you force students to work every problem the same way that
you would. So quite a few of these teachers insist that you work the problem
their way instead of an easier method. Hate also comes to mind, think about
high school as a math nerd, and now you are teaching all of the beautiful
people. You want them to fail, so the students seek help, and this just
upsets you further. The students are now succeeding when you tried to set
them up for failure.
This is just a bit of speculation on my part; only the teacher can answer this
for sure.
Are you worried that AI will take over your job?
No, I am not. No matter how much the computer scientist try, AI will never
think like a Human does. So far it is good at creating graphics, as well as
limited videos. Moving forward, I suspect Hollywood has about 10 years and AI
will replace it. Other subjects with clear rules will feel the impact as
well..
But teaching will not. To reach a student that is struggling with a concept
that they have been told that they are terrible at for years, takes another
human with understanding of what that mean. AI will never reach that point.
