Study Hut tutors could not be more excited for the big Finals push. We have students from AVID coming in for private tutoring all week, but we also have a huge event scheduled for Saturday. As in years past, we will be hosting an all day tutoring and study session on campus at Palos Verdes High School. We will have access to multiple different classrooms, and tutors will get to go into different rooms and help students with the specific subjects they need most help with.

This year, there will undoubtedly be math tutoring, science tutoring (including biology tutoring and chemistry tutoring), history tutoring, from World History and EHAP to U.S. History, Government, and Economics tutoring. Math tutoring will include algebra tutoring, geometry tutoring, algebra 2 tutoring, pre-calculus tutoring, trigonometry tutoring, and maybe even some calculus and FTS tutoring.

We will also, of course, have English tutoring, writing tutoring for students with an upcoming final paper, Spanish tutoring (all levels), and probably a few other subjects as well.

The event is free (and required!) for all AVID students, and speaking from past experience, it is an extremely productive event for all students involved. The teachers always come to support, supervise, and offer their knowledge as well.

And best of all, we are getting El Taco Man ordered, so he will be showing up with his cart, and all the tacos any young man or woman can eat. Does it get any better than this? I think not. See you on Saturday.

A mind starts learning from the moment a child is born. This is why future skills and important knowledge should be passed on to a young mind as early as possible. Math is one of the most important subjects for growing minds to learn and master to do well in future schooling and in all of life. Math is seen all around us every day from the classroom, to the boardroom and on the bus home. But without the proper building blocks and starting points of a student’s mathematical journey one can become lost in an immense sea of numbers, letters and shapes without a life raft. This is why it is important to begin planting the seed of mathematics early in a child’s life, even if it is as basic as learning adding and subtracting or the nines multiplication trick from an early age will give these children the leg up that is necessary to do well in school and advance in all aspects of life.

Once these basic building blocks of mathematics are learned and mastered the student is able to move onto the more complicated concepts and ideas. Starting with basic algebra and geometry all the way to the most advanced calculus and theoretical physics the basic skills of adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying are used in every aspect of the work. If these building skills are mastered then the world is the student’s oyster and they can grow to learn any aspect of math possible, with the appropriate hard work and dedication. However, it is never to late to learn these basic building blocks because if you were to start with some of the most advanced calculus and not know how to add and subtract all would be lost.

It is not uncommon to have your local public schools fill each classroom to the brim. In a sea of 30 plus students, it’s a wonder that kids tend to fall through the cracks. The curriculum is set for each grade and the teacher attacks the lesson plans daily. In the process of introducing materials to students, a few common trends occur. The brainiest of the class rise to the top, and the material is easy for them. The lower regions of the concur phenomenon are lost and require special attention in order to not fall behind. The public school system provides after school programs, tutoring and extra time for the ones who fall behind. So where do the brainiest pupils go? They tend to finish before the class and end up staring at the ceiling, or paper. At times they tend to help other pupils who stare at them in a bewildered stare after given a recent assignment.
As recent college graduates, our tutors have experienced both extremes. We know either one is not preferred and honestly quite extreme. Here at the Hut we accept both types of students. In one corner the brainiest students come in and we push them even further than they thought they were capable of. We do this so well that in many cases they go home pondering how we managed to stump them. A particular student who has recently has been striving to be a better scholarly example is our very own Asher. Having fallen through the cracks at his school, we took this first grader under our wing and amplified his skills with every hour session. We are proud of Asher and are so very content with his improvement over the past few sessions. Upon entering first grade this year, his teacher noticed his improvement in math and has now placed him in the second grade math class! He is rock star here at the Hut!!! Students such as these are the types of students we love to help. I mean after all, we strive to better your student or bust.