By Daphne Green
If you’ve been keeping an eye on your live lesson and announcements, then you definitely know a thing or two about Peer Tutoring. Teachers cannot get enough when it comes to recommending these tutors; saying how they have “heard nothing but glowing reviews” and “very helpful for your grades” but it’s more than just knocking out an assignment or two. From my experience as a first time “client”, to the insight on an active member, this is Peer Tutoring.
Meeting students at ASUPD who you can relate to and who are eager to help you, is a very down-to-earth and somewhat cleansing experience. Just the other week I scheduled my very first help session with the Peer Tutoring Club for math and blog topics. Soon after, I received a very well mannered, organized and tidy email clarifying what I needed help with, welcoming me, introducing herself, and providing me with an FAQ doc which started things off very smoothly. Right off the bat I felt welcomed!
The day of my session, marked on my calendar, around 11:40-ish, I shifted gears in preparation for the meeting. I opened the tabs I needed, got out my notes, and took a last scan over the email. Come noon, I joined the zoom link. From there the club supervisor put me and my tutor in a breakout room. My tutor Mirai K. welcomed me with open arms! It didn’t take long for me to warm up to it all and start rolling. Mirai is one to think quickly and adapt to a situation within seconds, so whenever we came across bumps in the road, she always knew what to do or what to try. In all honesty, there were topics that stumped us both but that is a reminder that at the end of the day, whether there is a screen between us or not, we are all human!
But wait– there’s more! Something most people seem to overlook is that Peer Tutoring is a club full of students.When in the session, I asked Miria what her favorite part of being in the club was. Much to my surprise, Miria told me about the internal club activities they have. She explained to me that besides tutoring students, they have monthly challenges and activities; the challenge, Miria explained, had the members make a “Welcome” slide show to invite students to the clubs help sessions and one-on-one tutoring! Miria was also asked about what caught her attention and kept her in the club. She told me how, with this club, she can knock out service hours, get experience with working with people, and put on her resume to show her level of responsibility and hard work. I asked Miria if there was anything she wished to take away her time in this club for the long term and she explained to me how her goal is to become a teacher someday and this club would be a perfect way to get practice with explaining and communicating and grasping how students learn.
All in all, my deep dive into the Peer Tutoring club proved to me that Peer tutoring does in fact live up to (if not exceeds) the hype that all the teachers go crazy for! Remember that if you’re feeling lost, reaching out to people who are experiencing similar situations academically are here to help and ready to help. This club is wonderful for getting involved, inside and out. I’d like to end by inviting all ASUPD students to schedule your next session with an ASU Prep Digital Tutor for whatever class you may need help with, elective or general curriculum, today.
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Ciao,
Daphne Green
