Asa Williams

Due to my PhD work, I have a strong concept of how I think lessons should run. That is to say, there is not a unique one. All lessons should be tied into the particular student's strengths and weaknesses. By finding the specific student's way of learning we can decide how to build lessons in an appropriate fashion, and work less in a class setting than as study comrades.
I like lessons to work on a basis of equity, allowing us to talk over the subject and to find what makes this student enjoy the topic. If you do not enjoy lessons, you are less likely to learn from them. Enjoying lessons does not mean you will succeed in exams, but what it will do is make you think about the topic and discuss it with others. That will make you succeed in exams.
Growing up in France I was subject to the rigour of the French academic system, one that is based upon recital, memorisation and thinking set thoughts. Although I was successful in this system, when I went to College, I went to a school where I had eight hours of class in a fashion designed to provoke discussion and thought. This was groundbreaking for me and allowed my academic potential to grow in an exponential fashion.
This is the mindset that I try to being into my tutoring, discussion is the key. By talking about the topic as equals we can find the student's strengths and weaknesses. From here we can build on those foundations, and then apply our knowledge into an exam-based mode.