To begin with, when observing the amount of tutoring done in the different departments, I don’t find it odd to see chemistry at the top of the list. Chemistry takes a lot of work to do well in and would therefore signify the need for more chemistry tutors. On the other hand, we see theatre and english [...]
As a science major and a biology and chemistry tutor I identify primarily with Aimee. I frequently came across frantic students who although they knew a topic just couldn’t quite grasp it and therefore worked themselves up about. The student Aimee had was most likely stressed do to an up coming quiz or test that [...]
The tutoring data from 2005-2006 shows the majority of students coming in for tutoring need help in psychology. I know I most certainly would need help in psychology too! In addition, most assignments are due within a week which I found surprising. My experience as a tutor has been that the majority of clients come [...]
To little surprise, I am an ENTJ personality type meaning I am a moderately expressed extravert, moderately expressed intuitive, moderately expressed thinking, and slightly expressed judging personality. First off, I can hardly imagine anyone more extraverted than I and I would greatly enjoy meeting said person. My moderately expressed intuitive and thinking side is probably [...]
What is interesting? Expected? Strange? What data can be explained by professors teaching the courses? By tutors tutoring them? By students taking them? Examining the data on the poster in TJ’s I see some very interesting facts about how tutoring here at Rollins has grown over the past few years. There are significant increases in [...]
I have seen quite a few things in the statistics that have surprised me. The most surprising is that demand seems to be higher for courses that I would not have expected. I thought that introductory level biology, chemistry, and math would have the greatest demand, but surprisingly few clients signed up for chemistry tutoring. [...]
Upon taking the Kiersey II, my results indicated that I am an “Idealist.” What this basically says is that I strive for personal growth and understanding of myself and the world around me, paying more attention to the big picture and possibilities rather than the details. But I didn’t need a personality test to tell [...]
I was happy to see that it seems like each fall semester, the number of appointment hours and tutoring keeps growing. I was estranged to see that most of the appointments were not mandatory. It made me happy to see that for the most part, the students coming for tutoring were coming out of their [...]
New tutors are working on this final reflection, to send to me online. But you might be moved to respond to one or more of these questions on this public blog. Please do. Here are the questions. They’re also listed at the end of the Journals! page in the tab at the top of the [...]
INTJ: Strategist Introverted 5% Intuitive 31% Thinking 3% Judging 20% I am a bit surprised by the result because I have always considered myself one the least logical person I know, since I am not comfortable with any types of math or physics, and when they say INTJ make great scientist I doubt a lot [...]
One of the most telling graphics to me is that one that shows the number of students, appointments, and hours. In fall of 2008 there were about four times as many appointments as students. However, only about 550 of the 2,000 students at Rollins chose to utilize TJs as a resource. What this says to [...]
When looking at the tutoring date at TJ’s I noticed some interesting things that I did not seem to notice or know before. The first thing that I noticed was the trend in tutoring hours by departments. When looking at the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 years that departments that have accumulated the most hours are chemistry, [...]
When taking the MyType Personality Test it was revealed that I am a ISFJ type, meaning Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging. This type of personality is associated with being kind and conscientious. They are individuals that can be depended on to follow through. They also tend to put the needs of others above their own needs. [...]
Two words sum up my MyType personality test on Facebook, dead on. I am an Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging person with heavy influences in the Introverted and Sensing categories. While there were a few facets of the description that were not completely true about me an overwhelming majority of them were undeniably true (sometimes about [...]
ESTP One of the primary traits for ESTPs is that they like things to be very straightforward and aren’t into metaphors or complicated rhetoric. This makes a lot of sense to me when I think about specific teachers that I have liked and disliked. It is much easier for me to learn from a teacher [...]
