I am 43 years old, having started tutoring in the age of 11 years. I started this very rewarding profession initially to ease financial burden of my education off my mother. It had an additional benefit for me to clarify most of learning by teaching and correcting myself. This self-critic approach also appealed to some of my students who took this profession as a part-time activity. Since 1979, my student, some older than by myself, have been successful in their careers in Army, Engineering, Research and various numerate disciplines.
In UK, I have been tutoring at 1-2-1 level since 2000 in the fields of software development at university level and Mathematics at secondary, post-secondary and university levels. My UK students come from households having professions in school leadership, engineering, business, accounting, Royal Army etc. Some of my students were advised to leave the subjects as their school/college suggested that they were not suited to Mathematics. Thanks to the parents' confidence in my guidance, these students excelled in their mathematical abilities and brought highest grades in GCSE and A-Levels.
I believe in hard work and expect hard work from my students. My approach is based on initial assessment, programme for intervention, assessment for learning (on-going assessment), past exam paper attempts and reflection on performance along with my students. Students will work off-time on their weaknesses in accordance my plan and adapt their approach in a self-critical way to maximise their grades.