Hello, I'm Emma Stro.

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I'll be entering my sophomore year at Northern Arizona University this fall,

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and I'll be tutoring in the subjects of elementary math and English grammar.

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Throughout my elementary, middle, and high school years.

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I found myself helping my fellow students whenever they're struggling with the

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coursework. Through this experience,

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I've found that there were some students that held a lot of

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disdain toward the subject teacher or the school system itself.

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This was usually caused by the fact that they felt like their questions were

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being dismissed or they felt isolated because they assumed that

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since no one was asking questions that everyone else understood the material and

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that they did not. In order to navigate these issues,

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I would show a lot of patience toward them and make sure that I wasn't

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being judgmental to them in any regard,

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not use any tone of voice that would indicate any disdain towards

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them,

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and show that I am very understanding of their concerns and that some

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students have different strengths that

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aren't always incur,

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encouraged or promoted by the public education system.

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And this is a philosophy I would carry out into my tutoring sessions.

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In these sessions,

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I would first ask students questions to get comfortable with them

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that like stuff like their favorite color or what their favorite animal is.

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Just very simple questions, just to get them comfortable.

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And I would use programs such as Khan Academy, Quizlet,

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or Cahoot,

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or any other things that they would like to use that they find useful in

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their schooling.

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I would also encourage them to engage in logic puzzles or different types

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of variety puzzles like I do in my spare time.

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I hope that you will consider me for tutoring sessions.

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Thank you.

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