I have tutored a little bit, most of the time the kid really learns something, but 100% your understanding of the topic grows.

it does if you're good. most people aren't.

i'm good, i do it.

This a Feynman thread?

^^

I was tutored in chemistry in high school Pretty much the only reason I did well.
The guy CARED though, he really wanted to make sure I succeeded.

tl;dr yes

Depends on the kid and the subject. I've seen a lot of times in maths, it's kind of a get the right answer thing. People are much more focused on memorizing the answer than understanding.

well I'm gonna be tutoring general science for freshman and sophomore high school students to begin with, do you think they're gonna listen?

>>2649876

Basically this.

I'm under the impression that most kids in highschool don't want to learn, they just want to devote as little effort and energy as possible to getting a decent grade so they can spend all their energy doing social stuff.

An excellent TEACHER would find a way to get a student to enjoy learning and not see it as a state enforced chore till they are 18. As far as tutoring, you just gotta try and get them to understand what needs to be understood.

>>2649877
girls will, boys won't, except azn boys

>>2649877

Probably not. In public speaking, your first task is always to get the audience's attention or get them to care about the topic. With a very diverse group, as you'd find in a public high school, this is extremely difficult.

The fact that it's "general science" doesn't help. The science classes I took in high school were absolutely devoid of any interesting material.

I was a math tutor for the high school. It's frustrating, when you try to explain the underlying mathematics of what's really going on they seem to just get bored and zone out and not pay attention. I started out trying to explain the concept to them and give a few hints to nudge them in the right direction, but I later realized most people just want you to give them the answer and don't give a shit how you get there.

so tl;dr kids are lazy and when they ask for "help" they really just want you to do their homework for them

well I'm getting references from the school itself, so they told me I have to work my way up to teaching the higher science's and maths. I guess I'd better make some flash cards....

Yes. As long as you do a good job of teaching it. The better job you do of teaching it, the more you'll learn about it to. It's why I fucking love tutoring.

To explain that a bit, to teach something well you have to be able to change your explanations to suit the student (in particular what metaphors and similes you use can drastically change how involved your listener is). You have to learn to think about the material in different ways to impart the knowledge to the student, and you have to be able to answer questions they come up with. Students can occasionally come up with some really interesting questions, and even if they aren't particularly interesting, they can force you to think about why certain things happen that you'd never really given much thought to (since you just know the answer).