FAQs
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I am a professional writer, and wrote very technical medical books for more than ten years. When my wife became ill with a chronic disease and was bedridden for several years, I quit my job to care for her, and to give the proper amount of attention required by our three daughters! To make ends meet, I started a professional photography business. I also began substitute teaching at the local high schools and universities. Eventually I discovered that, although I was a good teacher to a whole class, I was remarkably successful teaching to individual kids, especially the "hard cases" such as kids with emotional and behavioral issues that were hurting their ability to learn. I found I could help these kids a great deal, even help them to build their self esteem and feeling of self worth, something they are usually lacking in their home lives. Seeing kids that I had worked with that were once labeled "bad kids" turn out to be such things as president of the chess club, to go to college, to become excited about learning, convinced me to switch entirely to private tutoring. The key to my great success: I never met a kid I didn't like.