What we're doing.
We came about the idea of helping tutoring because Ryan himself has been a tutor for quite some time. Ellen was passionate about the idea because she has seen the effects of tutoring first hand, and noticed the positive effects it had on her grades on confidence.
From there our project evolved. Ryan decided to take a new path in the vast world of education. He wanted to emphasize the importance of parental involvement in student’s lives. Ryan was already tutoring two kids, Cooper and Fisher, and he really enjoyed it, but he thought that they deserved more personal attention.
When Ryan first started tutoring the two kids, Cooper and Fisher, their mom and dad gave them no direction or motivation to do well in school. One of them was failing multiple core courses while the other was struggling mightily at Upton. Ryan was trying to help them and he was, but he just wasn’t doing enough. Ryan could only help them two days a week. Ryan kept giving hints to the mom for a lifestyle change. Their days were filled with nothing but video games. Finally, when the report cards came she decided to take action. The video games were taken away for the week and she helped them to study along with Ryan’s guidance. With the help of Ellen, the failing student moved all his grades to A’s and B’s. You could tell there was a change in the atmosphere. Ryan and Ellen felt like they were just a part of the puzzle that brought upon that change. The parents and the tutor have to make amends together to help the student become better. Our parents have instilled good habits into us to make us fairly decent students. And with some occasional outside help we have made leaps and bounds throughout our school careers. That’s why we want to focus on both topics due to the fact that they are critical components to student success.
From there our project evolved. Ryan decided to take a new path in the vast world of education. He wanted to emphasize the importance of parental involvement in student’s lives. Ryan was already tutoring two kids, Cooper and Fisher, and he really enjoyed it, but he thought that they deserved more personal attention.
When Ryan first started tutoring the two kids, Cooper and Fisher, their mom and dad gave them no direction or motivation to do well in school. One of them was failing multiple core courses while the other was struggling mightily at Upton. Ryan was trying to help them and he was, but he just wasn’t doing enough. Ryan could only help them two days a week. Ryan kept giving hints to the mom for a lifestyle change. Their days were filled with nothing but video games. Finally, when the report cards came she decided to take action. The video games were taken away for the week and she helped them to study along with Ryan’s guidance. With the help of Ellen, the failing student moved all his grades to A’s and B’s. You could tell there was a change in the atmosphere. Ryan and Ellen felt like they were just a part of the puzzle that brought upon that change. The parents and the tutor have to make amends together to help the student become better. Our parents have instilled good habits into us to make us fairly decent students. And with some occasional outside help we have made leaps and bounds throughout our school careers. That’s why we want to focus on both topics due to the fact that they are critical components to student success.
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