My Tutoring Experience When I was in the eighth grade, I received a letter from the Triangle Center asking me to consider being a tutor for younger students in my school. This letter convinced that I should try it. After all, I was getting good grades myself, so maybe I could help someone else to get better grades. Looking back on that day, I am glad that I made that decision. I was not sure what to expect when I started, but it has been quite an experience. Four years later, I still tutor and really enjoy the program. Over time, tutoring has taught me different things. Tutoring definitely had a learning curve for me as I learned about my student and what were the most effective methods for her. Tutoring was not about me; it was about my student Lupe. One incident that sticks out in my mind from the first year was one day when she was doing her reading homework. Lupe was doing a vocabulary question and was not quite sure what the word meant. When she asked me about it, I launched into a description, using easy words to explain it and hand gestures to show it visually. She looked me with a strange expression on her face at first, but then she suddenly understood. That moment made tutoring worth it because I saw that I was getting through to her. It felt good that I was able to help her. My second year was even better. I was paired with a middle school girl named Kaitlyn. She was fairly enthusiastic about school; she just needed help with certain subjects. I quickly learned that I had to use different methods with her than I had with my previous student. I think that the number one lesson that Kailtyn taught me was that no two students learn in the same way. She also showed me that learning and reviewing does not always have to deal with textbooks and mountains of worksheets. Rather, Kaitlyn proved that learning was simply a