Have you volunteered as a tutor?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the experiences and motivations of participants regarding volunteering as tutors, particularly for disadvantaged or disabled individuals. It includes personal anecdotes, reflections on the impact of tutoring, and varying perspectives on the challenges and rewards associated with such efforts.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a desire to volunteer and tutor disadvantaged individuals, highlighting the potential rewards of such experiences.
  • One participant mentions their experience tutoring students and teachers in high school, suggesting that participation in the forum could also be seen as a form of volunteering.
  • Another participant shares a willingness to tutor underprivileged individuals, specifically mentioning a desire to contribute positively during retirement.
  • A participant recounts tutoring math to convicts, questioning if this experience aligns with the theme of volunteering for the disadvantaged.
  • One participant discusses their structured tutoring role, emphasizing the benefits of helping others while also gaining academic credits and early registration privileges.
  • In contrast, another participant reflects on their negative experiences with tutoring both college and at-risk high school students, indicating that it was more challenging than anticipated.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a common interest in the topic of tutoring and volunteering; however, there are differing views on the experiences and challenges associated with tutoring, with some expressing enthusiasm and others recounting difficulties.

Contextual Notes

Participants' motivations for tutoring vary, and there are no settled definitions of what constitutes effective volunteering in this context. The discussion reflects a range of personal experiences and expectations.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in volunteering, tutoring, or community service, as well as those exploring the challenges and rewards of educational support roles.

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Have any of you scientists ever volunteered to teach the disabled or disadvantaged?
 
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Well, I tutored students and teachers in high school regarding computers and the internet. i would love to volenteer more.


btw. don't you think participating at PF is volenteering?
 
I am willing to tutor any barely legal latinas and/or ebonies who want it.

Seriously though, I think it would be very rewarding to tutor the underpriveleged (those who grew up in sh:tty school districts, i.e. ghettos). Someday, I would like to do so. I think that would be a good way to spend my retirement years.

eNtRopY
 
Originally posted by Loren Booda
Have any of you scientists ever volunteered to teach the disabled or disadvantaged?

I've tutored Math to convicts, does that count?
 
Greg-

I hope that PF reaches around the world to share learning with those less fortunate than we. You especially should be proud of that potential.


eNtRopY, Entropia, Daminc-

All good examples of what our gift of knowledge can do for the community at large.


Any others?
 
Well, I'm tutoring people that are Freshman, mainly in physics and math, but that's mainly because this way i get to register before everyone else. (A system for recruting tutors, plus i get credits for doing it) I do 9 hours a week and I'm quite happy of doing it. I got 9 regular clients and working for 6 additional hours in a physics/math help center. It's quite fun to help.
 
I tutored both college students AND at-risk high school students. I must say that tutoring was not the job for me. Both were paid positions, and both were harder than hell.
 

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